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Thread ID: 41681 2004-01-19 04:33:00 hmmmm, how about a USB Monitor? M@TT (149) Press F1
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208432 2004-01-19 04:33:00 Just about everything is running of USB these days. The combonation of relatively high speed and power is a winner.
After a long think would it be possible to make (such as a HP - not DIY) a monitor that runs on usb? with Special drivers and a low power LCD or one of those flexi LED screens would this be possible?

Just a random thought... what do you think?
M@TT (149)
208433 2004-01-19 06:37:00 i suppost since its possible to have usb CD/DVD writers, sound cards, network, it should be possible. it would also be wonderful of there was usb ram and there you go. upgrade your computer without getting inside it! Megaman (344)
208434 2004-01-19 06:57:00 >usb ram

Highly unlikeliy
ilikelinux (1418)
208435 2004-01-19 07:55:00 i can dream...

*MM falls asleep and dreams about easily upgrading ram...*
Megaman (344)
208436 2004-01-19 09:44:00 lol you'll never see USB-RAM, the response time needs to be nano-seconds, not the milliseconds that would come from some old fangled port. You'd also need some RAM to set up mem locations etc lada lada la.

I don't think you'd need to push enough data through USB, even USB2. VGA has been setup with monitors, refresh rates, voltage, data etc etc, USB has been set up for data transfer only, not really to work with refresh rates/vsync etc etc...

Maybe a little USB LCD (like the 5" PS2/1 LCD's) but interfacing it would be an absolute *****, you'd have to re-write a whole lot of drivers at least!

- David
DangerousDave (697)
208437 2004-01-19 21:36:00 if not usb2, how about firewire 800? Megaman (344)
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