30 Jul
2004
30 Jul
'04
10:58 a.m.
On Fri, 30 Jul 2004, Joe R. wrote:
At 04:41 PM 7/29/04 -0700, you wrote:
ROFL! Only someone who's had a vehicle with Lucas electronics could
truely appreciate that!
Joe (x-1952 MG TD)
...or had experience with Magneti Morelli eqquipment!
- don
>
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