[plug] A Call for help regarding embedding linux

[Cameron Patrick]

On Thu, 24 Oct 2002 20:04:12 +0800, Peter Revill wrote:

| John Knight wrote:
| 
| > Easy mate, don't re-invent the wheel, unless you're a 
| > pioneer/masochist who wants to re-do everything, but I have two things 
| > for ya, on a pommy DVD, I've got a Linux distro designed around making 
| > car mp3 players and under a yank magazine, I've got a 'Route 66' 
| > howto, with instructions on how to create LCDs, keypad, PERL scripts, 
| > everything, if you can stand a trip to the hills, then I've gota  fair 
| > bunch of stuff for yerz! :D 
| 
| Sounds cool, but i cant afford an LCD, there something stupidly 
| expenisve arent they?

Only if you want a graphical one.  Dick Smith sell back-lit character-cell
LCDs for ~$50, IIRC.  With a little soldering, these work fine.

CP.