[plug] A Call for help regarding embedding linux

[John Knight]

Like he said,
The LCDs referred to are the cheap ones, just to display text for your track 
names, I think it's got an interface for changing between tracks,  it uses 
splay as a player and perl for a playliest editor, you can see if you make 
your way up here. :)

Make lunch, not war.



>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.


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