At A. here the LCD pins have been extended/straightened/had displaced plating removed (delicate procedure) and the LCD soldered on both sides since the through hole plating was displaced in several locations. Unused pins were simply removed.
At B. A piece of plastic was cut to cover as much of the lcd backing as practical (touches the pins) and tack glued into place to guarantee no shorting of cpu pins to ground or other random events.
At C. More of the plastic was used to insulate the USB shield from the button pins and the shield soldered into place.
Initial hookup looks promising, time for a road test
