> That's called a 'Light Emitting EPROM'
and it's an expensive and
> short-lived alternative to an LED.
Is this related to things like the SER (Smoke Emiting
Resistor -- one
where the power rating is massivle exceeded), SEC (Sound Emitinf Capacitor
-- an electrolytic wired backwards), the Friode (a diode that's
open-circuit both ways), etc?
Sounds like what Lucas Electric used to use.
http://pw1.netcom.com/~krk/lotus/humor/lucasjokes.html
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