7 Mar
2007
7 Mar
'07
11:24 p.m.
On Mar 7, 2007, at 12:10 PM, Chuck Guzis wrote:
Oh ok, I thought VF might be "close enough" for whatever you had
in mind. I really like VFDs myself. So bright & sharp.
There's
a 16-segment VFD, the IV-17, that shows up on eBay fairly
frequently. They're pretty nice.
They're nice, but I was really wondering about EL--one of the
"forgotten" technologies. I remember being fascinated with EL back
in the 60's; it seemed full of promise. I recently picked up a pack
of EL night-lights and found that they were pretty much the same
thing as the one I had 40 years ago.
They really are neat. I don't see EL technology used for much
other than backlighting nowadays, though. How is the life span of
EL? My dusty neurons seem to say that they wear out in several
years? Is that the case?
-Dave
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL