Like many places, we have a rack with a space for a KVM. Also like many places, the monitor that sits there is a small ancient CRT. I'd like to replace it with an lcd, but I don't have much chance of getting that approved in the budget, and even if I could there's other things more pressing that could use the money. But we do end up with a dead laptop from time to time, and when that happens there's generally nothing wrong with the display. So as something to do in my spare time, I was wondering what it would take to attach a standard vga or even dvi connector to one of these. I'm not talking about using the whole laptop, just the display.
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Uhm... There was a similar question in Superuser.com. Unfortunately, not a good answer. Googling (when I was curious about it) I recall just finding people who had spent an awful amount of time on it, plus having to purchase other equipment to get get it to work (costing more than $50, not including time/labor). It's a good project, though IMHO I think there are better projects to do own your own time. Really buying a new LCD (from craigslist/ebay or at your local tech store might be cheaper at the end, plus freeing some space on your Rack is also worth something).
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