He's teaching a course of some sort that he thinks will be helped by having the students actually locate and acquire their own components, which I think is a GOOD idea. He wants ONE of these things, so they can bring in their LCD's and verify that they're fully functional before tearing out their hair trying to do what the device can't because it's defective in some way. Actually, I doubt they'll encounter many that will fail, but it's a confidence-building measure. I'm hoping to find the work has already been done, so I can translate this to 804x and give him my old hardware to use as he pleases. I'm afraid I haven't a big budget nor do I need one, as this is strictly pro-bono.

Would it not be simpler to just say "capable of what the excersize states" instead of "fully capable". From that perspective you can basically use "last years project by the A student"

Erik

PS "before tearing out their hair trying" That is why i look the way I do :)