PIC DRO Dreaming / how about $99 ?

Your dream come true: 180Mhz/32MB/800x600 16 bit color LCD for $99.
16MB flash for programs (ide optional).

http://www.linux-hacker.net/iopener/



stratton@... wrote:

> > > I like the various PC based DROs. However, I do not have the space to >> have a PC and monitor hooked up to each
> lathe/mill.
> > >
> > > A PIC based DRO attatched to LEDs/LCDs would be real nice.
> > >
> I've often wondered about something like an old gameboy as a DRO
> display. Somewhere out on the web there is a page on hacking them -
> they are basically a superset of the venerable Z80 instruction set.
>
> The cost in time and money of hooking up a suitable display to a micro
> and getting everything built and packaged is what makes using a
> computer more attractive. But if an old consumer product with the
> necessary hardware could be used as a starting point...