[Sussex] anyone got any ideas how to use up an old laptop screen and kb?

[John Crowhurst]

> I have a Tosh 4300 with an unservicable motherboard.
>
> I am wondering if it might be possible to use the display and keyboard
> in conjunction with a mini-itx motherboard (http://www.mini-itx.com).
> The Tosh display has lots more that 15 wires in the connector and the
> keyboard lots more than 6 wires.

The display is driven from proprietry hardware on the motherboard, and
I'll bet the keyboard is matrix wired to proprietry hardware too.

> What are my chances of being able to connect the display and keyboard to
> a standard set of PC connectors?

Very little chance if any. If you ITX the laptop, you'd have the original
box, and everything else would have to be new hardware.

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John