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Date:      Sat, 17 Jun 2000 08:37:56 +0200
From:      Poul-Henning Kamp <phk@critter.freebsd.dk>
To:        Nate Lawson <nate@elite.net>
Cc:        freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: LCD panel/buttons 
Message-ID:  <34015.961223876@critter.freebsd.dk>
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 16 Jun 2000 17:03:56 PDT." <Pine.BSD.3.91.1000616165943.19992B-100000@almond.elite.net> 

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In message <Pine.BSD.3.91.1000616165943.19992B-100000@almond.elite.net>, Nate L
awson writes:
>I am working on an embedded system and was curious what people commonly 
>use for an LCD display and button panel.  Whistle (whistle.com) seems to 
>have a good setup and uses FreeBSD.  I've also looked at the USB stuff 
>(ActiveWireInc.com) and it's a bit pricey for per-unit volume.  Any 
>suggestions?  I need probably two lines of 20 characters, alphanumeric.

You can drive such an LCD from your parallel port just fine.  There
will even be a few input wires free for implementing a keyboard.

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