From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-path: Received: from majordomo by infradead.org with local (Exim 3.03 #1) id 13AZxs-0001Un-00 for mtd-list@infradead.org; Fri, 07 Jul 2000 16:22:52 +0100 Received: from royal2.eicnet.de ([62.144.196.2]) by infradead.org with esmtp (Exim 3.03 #1) id 13AZxr-0001Uh-00 for mtd@infradead.org; Fri, 07 Jul 2000 16:22:51 +0100 Received: from iserv.compu.lan (root@ppp-21.regio.net [192.135.7.149]) by royal2.eicnet.de (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id RAA24843 for ; Fri, 7 Jul 2000 17:22:45 +0200 Received: from compulan.de ([192.168.1.210]) by iserv.compu.lan (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id RAA13005 for ; Fri, 7 Jul 2000 17:23:37 +0200 Message-ID: <3965F5BB.195CE244@compulan.de> Date: Fri, 07 Jul 2000 17:22:35 +0200 From: Michael Renzmann MIME-Version: 1.0 To: mtd@infradead.org Subject: DOC socket misuseable? Content-Type: text/plain; charset=iso-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Sender: owner-mtd@infradead.org List-ID: Hi all. I know that my question is not ontopic, but maybe some of the hardware- and programming wizards could at least give some tips. My problem is that I have to connect a lcd (liquid crystal display) to two different types of PC. Up to now I did this by connecting them with an appropriate cable to the parallel port which normally is used as printer port. A scheme of the cable and the needed "drivers" for the lcd=B4s for linux can easily be found (I=B4ll tell the link if someone wa= nts it). It worked fine by now. The solution of connecting the displays to the parport can no longer be used, due to different problems. Now I am looking for another way to connect the lcd to the pc=B4s. I know that the driver for the lcd has to be rewritten after that, but thats the lesser problem. The bigger problem is to find an interface that provides at least 10 outout lines (8 for data transmission and 2 or 3 for toggling different states, depending on the display type). As both pc types are so called thin clients, they both feature a doc socket. So I wonder if it was possible to "misuse" this socket to connect the lcd to it. As the DOCs have to send and/or receive data as well there should be a way to use this socket in my opinion. But I don=B4t know how this could be done, maybe on= e of the wizards in here could help with that...? If this is not the right way (i.e. the socket can not be used for this purpose), does anyone have another idea how to connect the lcd to the pc? As said before, I need 10 or 11 output lines, no input needed. Any help appreciated and sorry for this (mostly) offtopic mail. Bye, Mike To unsubscribe, send "unsubscribe mtd" to majordomo@infradead.org