[mythtv-users] anyone using this Pertelian USB LCD?

Yan Seiner yan at seiner.com
Wed Jun 14 00:38:54 UTC 2006


Shawn Asmussen wrote:

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> On 6/13/06, *James Armstrong* <james at thearmstrongs.org 
> <mailto:james at thearmstrongs.org>> wrote:
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>     Has anyone successfully used this lcd with Linux / MythTV?
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>     http://www.thinkgeek.com/computing/avcards/7e3e/
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> I don't know if anybody has ever tried it with MythTV or not, but 
> according to this post on their forums, it can be made to work with 
> Linux:
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> http://pertelian.com/forums/viewtopic.php?t=17


It's a serial character based LCD.  It should work if you can get 
console to USB...

More interesting are the serial graphics screens, or ultimately one of 
the tablets you can buy on Ebay for < $200...  Would VNC or X be fast 
enough to show Myth on a tablet?

--Yan


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