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Re:Old Laptops as Secondary Monitors by beagle3 on Saturday October 24, 2020 @08:23AM (#24878732)
and then spend 15 minutes putting my fingers on ice and 5 days with a painful blister because I've just soldered my finger accidentally.

Some of us are not as skilled.

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Re:Old Laptops as Secondary Monitors by atlantis_ on Saturday October 24, 2020 @10:21AM (#24879357)
You’ll find for most of them it involves just plugging in a ribbon cable, no soldering needed =)
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Re:Old Laptops as Secondary Monitors by srtjstjsj on Saturday October 24, 2020 @08:34AM (#24878798)
Wear gloves.
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Re:Old Laptops as Secondary Monitors by beagle3 on Saturday October 24, 2020 @09:03AM (#24878945)
have you ever successfully soldered BGAs or other tiny connectors with heat resistant gloves?

I'm not as skilled, as I've mentioned. For me the software screen cast solutions are way more practical.

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