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		rhplus 34 days ago \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: $2 WeAct Display FS adds a 0.96-inch USB informati... Reminds me of the short-lived Windows SideShow display on a few laptops (~2003): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Windows_SideShow

nottorp 34 days ago [–]

It was only on Vista, so some time after 2007.

I remember working on the host software for a thing similar to the display we're discussing around ... 2012.

It never went into manufacturing though. Some combination of Win 7 dropping sideshow and ... some widget feature we also mirrored.

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