Not quite computer tech but I figure this is the best place to ask:
Does anyone recognize the display tech that was used on the Concorde's in-cabin
display?
Examples:
https://samchui.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/CON15.jpg
https://samchui.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/CON16.jpg
The display had fully-formed digits and letters, and showed either Mach and Feet, or Temp
and MPH. Some pictures show the display in green and others show it in orange - which of
course were popular monochrome CRT colors, yet the display looks too "flat" to
be a couple CRT's. Those colors were also popular for Electroluminiscent displays
which matches the evident "flatness" but I'm not sure I've seen any
EL's with fully formed digits like this with no visible segmentation?
I want to guess it was individual digits back-projected - which was a popular
control-theater display tech at the end of the 20th century - but I can't rule out,
say, really well-done edge-lit character plates. In any event there doesn't seem to be
any visible jitter up and down between digits that I might expect with either of those
technologies.
The "FEET" display in the above-referenced JPG's shows some artifacts at the
left and right edges which might be a clue?
Some pics of the BA Concorde interior had a simple 15-segment and 7-segment green LED
display. Don't need help with that one 🙂.
Tim N3QE