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Hello,
today, I found out I can get these displays (2nd hand) for free !
so I grabbed one.



the markings on the back of the pcb say powertip pg-12864a and on the 3 chips, kso1088.
Im interested in connecting it to my PC as a system info panel,
I have found on google that other people have done so,
and on youtube there are a couple of videos of animations using this screen.
I also found this site by googling, info on this display.

Whilst I have some electronic experience, Im a rank amature.
And Im looking for info on connecting this display to my computer.
I have found this wiring diagram........

it lists "KSO108" controller, my chips say "KSO1088", are they the same ?
Also, looking at this diagram, its not as simple as grabbing a ribbon cable, and just directly using the parallel port,
I need to run 5vdc to pins 2 &17 from computer PSU (and also use the "grounds" )? is this corrct ?
Im also unclear about running 5v via pin 18 (R1)

Any help appreciated.

wired it up as per diagram, light comes on, but no graphics

Your chip probably says KS0108B. Which is same as KS0108.

Have you measured if your displays gives the negative voltage from VOUT ? If it doesn't then you need to provide external negative voltage. Also have you tried adjusting the contrast ? You need to have the contrast adjustment correctly set to see anything on the display. When you turn the contrast potentiometer can you make the display completely dark ?

http://aromu.lmsic.com/DOC/PG12864A.pdf