I finally started working on my "cheap" wearable. Its a bugetable wearable that will allow for later expansion without paying through the roof. It isn't a "full" computer, but it has the ability to become a fairly nice text editor/datebook/phone book, and who knows what more. I have combined the following: Twiddler ($200) Matrox Orbital LCD ($80ish 20x4 spaces) And an old laptop I recieved for free. Some people might want the full 640x480, but I think this is quite nice atleast for a first step. The laptop has its own power, and the LCD with backlight on lasts for about 6 hours with the backlight on. I have written a small software package to run a text editor and date book on the LCD, however it needs quite a bit of work, and I will post it as soon as its working well (its stable, but the code is garbage :>) PS: If anyone does have/use the matrox orbital LCD, it works nicely if you unsoilder the two sections and use a ribbon cable between the two. Jason Purdue University, Computer Engineering e-mail:web: http://www.doobie.org
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