megatouch gold what options for upgrade?

crudeau

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Hello all.
New to the site. I've been lurking and searching and found all that I could. So I decided to post to get some answers.

I recently picked up a megatouch gold. I want to build my own enclosure for it (didn't come with the lot). I am going to add an lcd touch screen. I think I have all that I need to do that. Elo brand 15" and serial connection, not USB.

My problem is in the software. My unit came with a cdrom and the gold software disc/key. Since I'm building the box and setting it up how I want it, I was thinking about doing the whole sd card thing. I know I will need an IDE/SD adapter and the SD card. But what software can I go up to? I think platinum and titanium are the best. But what do I need to get? I saw in the merit tech notes that I do not need to change any chips to switch to a hard drive or in my case an sd card. I'm finding conflicting threads saying that I will not need a new security key. And other threads saying that the gold series has hdd encryption checking something or other. So I'm getting confused as to how to go about what to do.

I've searched high and dry for a torrent for a image to see if it will all work. Not that I have to steal it, I just don't want to spend a ton of money to find out it won't work.

thanks guys/gals,
Chris
 
I believe I have already emailed him. I think I got a "I'm very busy and don't have time to help" answer. I'm at a different location so i can't check my email to see who it was to and the exact wordage.

I have a bout 50 scrap motherboards from all sorts of pcs. Figured I would see what happens with this I/O isa card in one of them. Not a damn board has an ISA slot. lol even the PIII all have any PCI slots. So I am sticking with all the gold hardware. I see a couple posts regarding making compact card images maybe I will PM those guys.
 
Found the email from dave. He isn't that guy was rude. He just said that I have no experience and doesn't want to talk on the phone if he sells me anything. lol. Does anyone talk on the phone anymore. He was actually polite about it. But either way he doesn't want to help.

So I'm on my own. My only real big things to figure out are what screen to use, and the whole flash card upgrade. Which I wouldn't have an issue with but everyone says golds can't do it, when I read how to format a hdd. But merrit sells a hdd upgrade kit for the golds. lol. hence my confusion
 
Found the email from dave. He isn't that guy was rude. He just said that I have no experience and doesn't want to talk on the phone if he sells me anything. lol. Does anyone talk on the phone anymore. He was actually polite about it. But either way he doesn't want to help.

So I'm on my own. My only real big things to figure out are what screen to use, and the whole flash card upgrade. Which I wouldn't have an issue with but everyone says golds can't do it, when I read how to format a hdd. But merrit sells a hdd upgrade kit for the golds. lol. hence my confusion

Dave should at least be able to tell you what you need to BUY to do your upgrade or conversion, then you can come here to ask questions about how to actually do it...
 
I just emailed him and told that I was confused on what to buy and that I wasn't looking for tech support. I just scored a free coin acceptor from a pin ball machine off the side of the road. lol the odds of that are pretty slim. I also just saw that platinum can run on cd and titanium can not. I also saw that gold should have the -04 eprom. Which I think means it's ready to boot a hard drive? I feel like I am getting a megatouch overload.
 
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