Hi, Philip

> do you know which lines are vcc, ground, and backlight?  if so you can
> power it up and with a suitable resistor and volt meter see how easy it
> is to pull the other lines high or low, this will tell you if they are
> input or output.  once you know that you can play at sending it signals.

    I love this idea... Easy way to find inputs and outputs. I do know where
power and groung comes in. I can test them being driven by the original
equipament without much trouble.

> chances are some lines are data and one's a clock line, once you find
> the clock line you can systematically try different values on the other
> input lines and see what happens.  a logic pulser might also be nice,
> but not essential.

    The clock line exists only if the display is serial, right ? If parallel
I should get something like a /CS line, right ?

    Thanks a lot for the information. I will find enough time someday to
really try this out and put these little creaters to work again..

best regards,
Alexandre Guimaraes

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