Sweet! If someone has a working game that they could loan, I can pull the LCD, take pics, and put it back together with no damage.
Do you think there are still SM5 emulation issues, or did the ATPL fix solve everything?
I took microscope pics of ML102 and DM53. The 2 DM53 panels aren't as good as DJ101, but they are OK. ML102 didn't turn out well; there's just not much contrast. I'm not sure if the variations are due to manufacturing differences or storage conditions. I've tried polarizing and color filters with no luck. I wonder if darkfield illumination would work if I could separate the 2 pieces of glass. I assume a phase contrast setup would work, but I don't have that.
I drew up a couple of PCBs to help dump the G&W LCDs with the same quality as the Konamis I did. Unfortunately, there are a lot of variations in the connectors, unlike the Konami games.
What's the cheapest place to get PCBs made these days? These are pretty simple; single-sided, about 3" x 4". They just break out the LCD connections to header pins. I'll cut out the area behind the panel so I can illuminate them from behind.
