[Tuxaloosa] Any hardware hackers out there? Fun to be had with a LCD display with busted cable?

[E.H.]

picture frame?
http://www.instructables.com/id/Cheap-_n-Easy-Digital-Picture-Frame/

On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 12:58 PM, Nilson Cain <nilson at gmail.com> wrote:

> Pimp out your truck with it :)
>
> On Sat, Aug 22, 2009 at 12:27 PM, Cameron Purvis <cameron.purvis at gmail.com
> > wrote:
>
>> I have an LCD monitor which may or may not work in the conceptual sense.
>> That is to say, the signal cable to the poor thing was cut, possibly by the
>> chewing of an animal.   It has a foot or so of the VGA cable coming out of
>> the back.  It's a compaq 15" display.  It seems to be one of those stupid
>> @#$&@ units where the signal cable is permanently attached to the insides of
>> the monitor.
>>
>> Can anyone think of anything interesting to do with this?  I suspect the
>> monitor works, but the notion of spending a couple of hours splicing in a
>> VGA cable is horrifying and likely pointless - any ideas other than trashing
>> it?
>>
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