> > I have acquired an LCD (appears to be a 2 line character LCD
> > from a junked HP multifunction printer
>
> Chances are it wasn't made by HP, and it's a 44780-compatible
> 3rd-party display with an HP house number, possibly Hitachi, OKI
> or Mitsubishi. The quickest way to figure it out is to trace the
> connector pins back to the controller chip. Make sure you get the
> power pins correct and take it from there
>
> I had a look at Agilent's database via www.datasheetlocator.com
> but see no mention of HP LCDs. Ditto with http://www.woe.de.vu/
> and http://www.embeddedlinks.com/chipdir/ and those are usually
> pretty good at ferreting out datasheets

I would have followed the traces but the chip die is under a blob of black
epoxy!
I was hoping to get a usable freebie...oh well.
Thanks for the reply.

Regards,
Stephen D. Barnes

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