On Wed, 4 May 2005, 9000 VAX wrote:
> FYI: those things are considered rare as hens
teeth as most systems
> that use them have burnt them out. One series of ARC (used in cessna
> aircraft) radios had them as they were bright enough for day use
> and I hear they cost about 100$+ per digit to replace.
Wow, I guess I should go buy up that lot I know of. They're
assembled into little 2-digit assemblies with cable, unused, 1/4"
or 3/8" high digits, 5V. They're pretty, and dimmable.