LCDS

[ross]

LCD displays for the front of your case. I've emailed Graeme about them. Who else is looking for these except me and Craig?

[Graeme*Kustom*]

we`re working on it... we should have single bay and double bay ones by the end of May.. going to be quite expensive tho

[JADS]

What can you use them for?

James

[Graeme*Kustom*]

www.crystalfontz.com (http://www.crystalfontz.com)

monitoring various stuff - cpu temp, fan speed, cpu occupancy - probably even stuff like stock market prices, they`re very configurable :)

[Maxi]

i wouldnt mind one aswell for showing my mp3 info

[JADS]

That would be good, might have to have one of those. Shame they don't have an IR Reciever or you could set them up to do loads of things and switch between them using the remote, :)!

In fact why not design a LCD based control center for PCs with a remote. Would be better than BayBuses, :)

James

[Graeme*Kustom*]

personally, i`d like to be able to get the little lcd panels to run `snake`, and they`re processor independent to let u muck about with that while your comp is busy !

[JADS]

How would you control it though? You would need a gameport interface to the unit... or link it into the keyboard/mouse

James

[Graeme*Kustom*]

I know its a ridiculous idea, i just think it would be cool!

[Graeme*Kustom*]

http://www.evation.com/irman/index.html

PC Remote control setup...

[JADS]

This could be an interesting mod, maybe email PCMods with the idea? Take up a couple of 5 1/4" drive bays with an LCD screen. Use a remote to control it and then have a menu system (like those on mobiles) to get at different features. So you have control and monitoring. I suspect some games could also be put in, ;)!

James

[Graeme*Kustom*]

http://www.kustom.co.uk/Images/temp/large.jpg

Just to give u an idea of what we`re looking at

[ 29 April 2001: Message edited by: Graeme @ Kustom ]

[JADS]

Saw that on the site, looks quite good, :)

[RiPPeR]

Im deffinatly up for an LCD, as long as its competitive with other online sellers, then another purchase will be heading ur way. =]

I brought the Orchid 880 case btw via online banking ;)

[Maxi]

OMFG !!!! someone else is awake


PRAISE THE LORD


AMEN

[JADS]

I might be, depends. It has potential to do a lot more, so I might just sit tight and wait patiently for someone to take advantage of it, :)

James

[Craig]

Originally posted by Ross McLachlan:
<STRONG>LCD displays for the front of your case. I've emailed Graeme about them. Who else is looking for these except me and Craig?</STRONG>

< starts saving money >

[ 29 April 2001: Message edited by: Craig ]

[ross]

:-). Good, good gonna get one if they're not too pricey :eek:.

[Graeme*Kustom*]

to be honest, they ain`t going to be cheap - look at the price of the kits on the site to get an idea, they`re looking for about $90 for the larger kit, which typically means that by the time they`ve been shipped and had VAT added on they`ll cost the same figure in pounds, but we`re trying to see if we can negotiate a good deal with them...

[ross]

Yeah thats the bad thing. I saw a similar thing just for temps,etc on a rival website, I'll private message you the details if I can.

[Craig]

hmm, £90, could save to that... i DO want one alot :)

[ross]

*saves up pocket moneys*

[Gordy]

How much are the little ones going to be ? As I was gonna get one from crystalfontz but cant be bothered to sort all the shipping and everything :(

[Graeme*Kustom*]

Give us some time on this one - we`ll get something worked out... we will get them one way or another, watch this space ! (and this ain`t an empty promise!)

[ross]

Yay! :)

[ross]

Yay! :)

[Gordy]

I'll add my yay and a request for a small version with a black drive bay thing please :)

[Craig]

once you've got them though, you'll need to give me warning to co-ordinate finances :)

[[Jedi]Brian]

How would you control this LCD panel????

Also would there be an option to get the LCD in a different colour i.e. a nice blue backlit screen :)

[[Jedi]Kalakian]

Just take the thing apart and solder in some new LEDs :)

I'll need to buy a new soldering iron cos mine is well poor :(

Any way we could link up a tape drive and play old speccy games on it? It'd be much better playing manic miner and jet set willy than snake :)

[Graeme*Kustom*]

You can control them through the serial link - check out here (http://www.crystalfontz.com/links/index.html) for some downloads for the device. (winamp plugins sound most tempting to me)

[[TD]Domipheus]

OMFG

THAT ROCKS

I WANT ONE!

how much would the little lighted one cost, for 5 1/2 " bay? could i get the cables cheaper seperately or what?

[Graeme*Kustom*]

this one is still pending...

[ross]

Hmmm still :-/. Elsewhere are starting to get em in now too :confused: .

[ross]

Hmmm still :-/. Elsewhere are starting to get em in now too :confused: .

[Graeme*Kustom*]

coolcasemods have lcd`s , dont like quite as nice as crystalfontz though...