[NTLK] Newton display replacement - with different display?

[Matthias Melcher]

> On 1. Jul 2025, at 17:24, Jim Witte <jim.witte at gmail.com> wrote:
> 
> This is probably answered somewhere, I've been off NTLK for a decade now..
> What type of display does the MP2000 use in terms of electrical interface?
> Could the protocol from the display cable itself be "massaged" with
> something like a Raspberry Pi to allow a different display to be used in
> the form factor of the original case?  (Possibly with a bit more height
> needed for the components - 3D printing a different back would be easy
> enough.)
> 
> An E-ink display would be interesting.  How fast is the current E-ink
> display's "waveform generator" that figures out how to change pixels?

Hi Jim,

yes, there has been a lot going on, mostly in seceret tunnels under the Düsseldorf river bridge. But evry so often, there is a glipse into those caverns:

https://youtu.be/Q1Ef7FQeF78?t=657

All the relevant data about the internal display port is in the Einstein Wiki:

https://github.com/pguyot/Einstein/wiki/Internal-LCD-Port

EPDiy is one possibe approch at running an EPaper display:

https://github.com/vroland/epdiy

All kinds of 6" ePaper displays are a surprisingly good fir for teh MP2x00, but there are a few LCD and OLED displays that could work aswell.

For example, the 6-Zoll-ED060XD4(LF)C1-00 eink has frontlight and touch built in. The digital interface is relatively easy, but the display needs four or five esoteric voltages whereas an LCD needs only 5V.

Or to put it short, yes, all that is very feasible.

 - Matthias