Query About Touchscreen On A Gp2X- F200

[bacteria]

So, have started the projeect to mod an F200. Have currently rigged up 5 x 1800mA Nintendo DS 3.7v batteries in parallel to see how long they last for on the GP2x. I'm hoping for 3 hours if i'm lucky (if these generic batteries do what they say on the tin they would give 9 amps; however are fairly small cells which will compromise the juice they can sustain - if I get around 3 hours plus, i'll use them in this project as I have them lying about doing nothing, and are slim. I rather suspect they will die after an hour of battery drain from the GP2x - we'll see - been going half an hour so far, leaving them going unti they drain.

The screen looks slightly better than the F100 does.

There are some scratches on the touchsceen, and I noticed that if you remove the layer a bit, it just seems to be a fairly thin sheet of PVC/acetate that has incorporated into it four traces that tell the motherboard the position the stylus is pressing against, for touchscreen.

Queries:

Am I right in saying that once you load an emulator (ie not designed for the touchscreen facility) the touchscreen doesn't work - in other words, it's only useful for initial navigation?

You don't need the touchscreen anyway as you can do everything via the d-pad, etc - correct?

What games/apps work best with the touchscreen / needed for it?

Where do I get a replacement for the touchscreen acetate front for the screen?

If I cut the existing acetate out and left the traces, presumably I could if needed to, just put a thin sheet of acetate in there to replace it (eg 6 thou thick, of which I have some).

 

[bacteria]

Nobody know?

 

[iprice]

1 & 2. The touchscreen is pretty much ignored for every emu and unnecessary.

3. There are quite a few games that do take advantage of the touchscreen, but there's not many that ONLY use the touchscreen and no controls.
Two of my games - Drench and B'lox! allow the touchscreen to be used to play. Both are available from the archive.

4. GPH?

5. No idea.

 

[u9i]

Personally i like more touch-screen games, and there are a few nice ones, but not many. I guess it all depends on your preferences. Hopefully i will get Warehouse Panic compiled for the GP2x soon. It uses touch screen.

 

[bacteria]

Thanks, that confirms there is no need for the touchscreen! I can remove the top layer film and remove it from the motherboard. This will also mean an even better picture image too. The prime use for a GP2x is for emulators after all, so no real need for touchscreen.

 

[Orkie]

It really pains me to see an F200 mutilated like that... There weren't many made to begin with.

 

[bacteria]

It really pains me to see an F200 mutilated like that... There weren't many made to begin with.

Well, you'll be happy to know this one is being modded and brought back to life!

 

[quote]

^ Maybe Orkie was of the opinion that even when broken, an F200 does not deserve to be mutilated.

Also, can we have some more updates? I see your own forum is more up-to-date on this project, which was not your original plan.

 

[bacteria]

Trying to keep the updates here for better updates. The fact of the matter is I had a fair few problems with the paint job of the tupperware case I was making; had some of the edge between the case sides (tupperware sides) and the perspex not painting evenly even though used filler and sanded it smooth with an electric sander; so removed most of the spray paint, applied some regular paint the the edges and electric sanded again; however made a couple of minor nicks from the sander on the edges which was only noticable when more coats applied; so removed that again. Turned out I
hadn't applied enough hot glue to seal it in, so there was a little give (fixed). Then decided for a beautiful finish and to make it cover the surface properly, to apply a lot of spray paint to give a slight raised effect; this worked well and got a lovely result; however although left it for a day to dry, wasn't enough, was handling the case and got an imprint of my finger edge on the painted area and fingerprints; had to wait to dry more, then sand down... then reapplied more spray paint; got it looking really nice indeed, now doing the sides of the case to make them look even. The result is going to look really nice, and professional finish; I promise!

This is why I haven't posted pic of the case front yet; will be though, when sides are dry, last coat on top, left for a couple of days to dry properly, then used the metallic paint sealer to protect the surface, and again, left to dry for a day or so. In other words, probably won't have a pic until Monday or Tuesday!

I can't do more updates until the case front is dry, finished and I can handle it ok.