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NGPC display replacement - mic_ - 02-04-2013
One thing that has always bugged me about the NGPC is the god-awful LCD. It's very dim and highly reflective.
Does anyone have more details about the display (interface, dimensions, operating voltage, etc)? Are there any mass-manufactored display modules that would be a good fit as a replacement? It would be really neat if the original display could be replaced with a backlit, high-contrast TFT display (preferably with some anti-glare coating), similar to how some people have modded their GameGears.
RE: NGPC display replacement - Flavor - 02-05-2013
(02-04-2013, 07:08 PM)mic_ Wrote: One thing that has always bugged me about the NGPC is the god-awful LCD. It's very dim and highly reflective.
Does anyone have more details about the display (interface, dimensions, operating voltage, etc)? Are there any mass-manufactored display modules that would be a good fit as a replacement? It would be really neat if the original display could be replaced with a backlit, high-contrast TFT display (preferably with some anti-glare coating), similar to how some people have modded their GameGears.
I don't think this is what you're asking for, but (just to keep some info available) Xian Xi's Front Light mod is the closest thing I know to this.
http://www.neo-geo.com/forums/showthread.php?159804-NGPC-Front-Light-DIY-Guide-Now-Available!!
A guy called Mash used to run a site called Mash Mods. He did a front-light mod, too. I don't know how his was different than Xian Xi's.
A whole new LCD would be the way to go, though. I do know there was some info posted somewhere not TOO long ago about tapping into the LCD signals to do an external display (IIRC). I think it was on Assemblergames.com.
Here are some links:
http://www.assemblergames.com/forums/showthread.php?38992-Neogeo-Pocket-screen-PC-out&p=581855#top
http://forum.freeplaytech.com/Thread-NGPC-RGB-Output
And, at one point, I got a message from the guy that posted it originally.
Quote:The source code is opened to below.
http://blogs.dion.ne.jp/sorairo/archives/10590748.html
A file name is "NiseTroPreview_FO_src_20120118.rar"