diff --git a/makefile b/makefile
index 4e0182de54b..dad69c9c143 100644
--- a/makefile
+++ b/makefile
@@ -1701,7 +1701,6 @@ generate: \
 		$(GENDIR)/version.cpp \
 		$(patsubst %.po,%.mo,$(call rwildcard, language/, *.po)) \
 		$(patsubst $(SRC)/%.lay,$(GENDIR)/%.lh,$(LAYOUTS)) \
-		$(GENDIR)/mame/machine/mulcd.hxx \
 		$(GENDIR)/includes/SDL2
 
 $(GENDIR)/includes/SDL2:
@@ -1738,10 +1737,6 @@ $(GENDIR)/%.lh: $(SRC)/%.lay scripts/build/complay.py | $(GEN_FOLDERS)
 	@echo Compressing $<...
 	$(SILENT)$(PYTHON) scripts/build/complay.py $< $@ layout_$(basename $(notdir $<))
 
-$(GENDIR)/mame/machine/mulcd.hxx: $(SRC)/mame/machine/mulcd.ppm scripts/build/file2str.py | $(GEN_FOLDERS)
-	@echo Converting $<...
-	$(SILENT)$(PYTHON) scripts/build/file2str.py $< $@ mulcd_bkg uint8_t
-
 %.mo: %.po
 	@echo Converting translation $<...
 ifdef IGNORE_BAD_LOCALISATION
diff --git a/src/mame/machine/mulcd.cpp b/src/mame/machine/mulcd.cpp
index 597d381a7a7..072b3ee0d01 100644
--- a/src/mame/machine/mulcd.cpp
+++ b/src/mame/machine/mulcd.cpp
@@ -7,11 +7,12 @@
 #include "emu.h"
 #include "mulcd.h"
 
-#include "../machine/mulcd.hxx"
-
 DEFINE_DEVICE_TYPE(MULCD, mulcd_device, "mulcd", "Yamaha MU/VL70/FS1R common LCD")
 
 ROM_START( mulcd )
+	ROM_REGION( 524998, "screen", 0)
+	ROM_LOAD( "mulcd.svg", 0, 524998, CRC(fe07d6c6) SHA1(57a760f77f0f458c8657491f77db2057edc767aa))
+
 	ROM_REGION( 0x1000, "hd44780", 0)
 	// Hand made, 3 characters unused
 	ROM_LOAD( "mu100-font.bin", 0x0000, 0x1000, BAD_DUMP CRC(a7d6c1d6) SHA1(9f0398d678bdf607cb34d83ee535f3b7fcc97c41) )
@@ -24,12 +25,15 @@ const tiny_rom_entry *mulcd_device::device_rom_region() const
 
 mulcd_device::mulcd_device(const machine_config &mconfig, const char *tag, device_t *owner, uint32_t clock) :
 	device_t(mconfig, MULCD, tag, owner, clock),
-	m_lcd(*this, "hd44780")
+	m_lcd(*this, "hd44780"),
+	m_outputs(*this, "%03x.%d.%d", 0U, 0U, 0U),
+	m_led_outputs(*this, "LED%d", 0U)
 {
 }
 
 void mulcd_device::device_start()
 {
+	m_outputs.resolve();
 }
 
 void mulcd_device::device_reset()
@@ -38,51 +42,32 @@ void mulcd_device::device_reset()
 	m_leds = 0;
 }
 
-float mulcd_device::lightlevel(const u8 *src, const u8 *render)
+void mulcd_device::set_contrast(float contrast)
 {
-	u8 l = *src;
-	if(l == 0)
-		return 1.0;
-	int slot = (src[1] << 8) | src[2];
-	if(slot >= 0xff00)
-		return (255-l)/255.0;
-
-	int bit = slot & 7;
-	int adr = (slot >> 3);
-	if(render[adr] & (1 << bit))
-		return 1-(1-(255-l)/255.0f)*m_contrast;
-	return 0.95f;
+	m_contrast = contrast;
 }
 
-u32 mulcd_device::screen_update(screen_device &screen, bitmap_rgb32 &bitmap, const rectangle &cliprect)
+void mulcd_device::set_leds(u8 leds)
 {
+	m_leds = leds;
+	for(int x=0; x != 6; x++)
+		m_led_outputs[x] = (leds >> x) & 1;
+}
+
+WRITE_LINE_MEMBER(mulcd_device::render_w)
+{
+	if(!state)
+		return;
+
 	const u8 *render = m_lcd->render();
-	const u8 *src = mulcd_bkg + 15;
-
-	for(int y=0; y<241; y++) {
-		u32 *pix = reinterpret_cast<u32 *>(bitmap.raw_pixptr(y));
-		for(int x=0; x<800; x++) {
-			float light = lightlevel(src, render);
-			u32 col = (int(0xef*light) << 16) | (int(0xf5*light) << 8);
-			*pix++ = col;
-			src += 3;
+	for(int x=0; x != 64; x++) {
+		for(int y=0; y != 8; y++) {
+			u8 v = *render++;
+			for(int z=0; z != 5; z++)
+				m_outputs[x][y][z] = (v >> z) & 1;
 		}
-		for(int x=800; x<900; x++)
-			*pix++ = 0;
+		render += 8;
 	}
-
-	for(int i=0; i<6; i++)
-		if(m_leds & (1 << i)) {
-			int x = 830 + 40*(i & 1);
-			int y = 55 + 65*(i >> 1);
-			for(int yy=-9; yy <= 9; yy++) {
-				int dx = int(sqrt((float)(99-yy*yy)));
-				u32 *pix = reinterpret_cast<u32 *>(bitmap.raw_pixptr(y+yy)) + (x-dx);
-				for(int xx=0; xx<2*dx+1; xx++)
-					*pix++ = 0x00ff00;
-			}
-		}
-	return 0;
 }
 
 void mulcd_device::device_add_mconfig(machine_config &config)
@@ -90,10 +75,10 @@ void mulcd_device::device_add_mconfig(machine_config &config)
 	HD44780(config, m_lcd);
 	m_lcd->set_lcd_size(4, 20);
 
-	auto &screen = SCREEN(config, "screen", SCREEN_TYPE_LCD);
+	auto &screen = SCREEN(config, "screen", SCREEN_TYPE_SVG);
 	screen.set_refresh_hz(50);
 	screen.set_vblank_time(ATTOSECONDS_IN_USEC(2500)); /* not accurate, asynchronous updating anyway */
-	screen.set_screen_update(FUNC(mulcd_device::screen_update));
-	screen.set_size(900, 241);
-	screen.set_visarea(0, 899, 0, 240);
+	screen.set_size(900, 272);
+	screen.set_visarea_full();
+	screen.screen_vblank().set(FUNC(mulcd_device::render_w));
 }
diff --git a/src/mame/machine/mulcd.h b/src/mame/machine/mulcd.h
index 2bf013a5dd5..deea32b3a3d 100644
--- a/src/mame/machine/mulcd.h
+++ b/src/mame/machine/mulcd.h
@@ -17,14 +17,13 @@ class mulcd_device : public device_t
 public:
 	mulcd_device(const machine_config &mconfig, const char *tag, device_t *owner, uint32_t clock = 0);
 
-	void set_contrast(float contrast) { m_contrast = contrast; }
-	void set_leds(u8 leds) { m_leds = leds; }
+	void set_contrast(float contrast);
+	void set_leds(u8 leds);
 	u8 data_read() { return m_lcd->data_r(); }
 	u8 control_read() { return m_lcd->control_r(); }
 	void data_write(u8 data) { m_lcd->data_w(data); }
 	void control_write(u8 data) { m_lcd->control_w(data); }
 
-
 protected:
 	virtual void device_start() override;
 	virtual void device_reset() override;
@@ -33,12 +32,13 @@ protected:
 
 private:
 	required_device<hd44780_device> m_lcd;
+	output_finder<64, 8, 5> m_outputs;
+	output_finder<6> m_led_outputs;
 
 	float m_contrast;
 	u8 m_leds;
 
-	float lightlevel(const u8 *src, const u8 *render);
-	u32 screen_update(screen_device &screen, bitmap_rgb32 &bitmap, const rectangle &cliprect);
+	DECLARE_WRITE_LINE_MEMBER(render_w);
 };
 
 DECLARE_DEVICE_TYPE(MULCD, mulcd_device)
diff --git a/src/mame/machine/mulcd.ppm b/src/mame/machine/mulcd.ppm
deleted file mode 100644
index 7a826314f7e..00000000000
Binary files a/src/mame/machine/mulcd.ppm and /dev/null differ