malcom
about 3 years ago I got one of these
http://www.ebay.com.au/itm/SainSmart...item35c79373d0
it worked first time ,its easy to use and superfast (compared to pic18) heaps of fonts , touch screen . and its still going perfectly , when I think of the struggles I have had getting glcd's to even function with pbp and compare it against this stuff I now say why even bother .really this stuff leaves pics and pbp for dead .
still maybe as a forum we could come up with something like our own mono 64x128 glcd (or a colour 240x320 if we're keen) with a couple of fonts and a hardware spi I/f (2way spi transfers are handy for fancy graphic functions like blinking) I know its been done and commercially available but it could be fun as a standalone device or a "include " for members . it certainly seems pbp development is stalled if not abandoned and will not provide any sort of functionality for contemporary display technology