Seven Segment Displays

[Paul Koning]

>>>>> "Marvin" == Marvin Johnston <marvin at rain.org> writes:

 Marvin> I have eight NOS seven segment displays in a 16 pin DIP
 Marvin> package. These displays have a glass cover and each of the
 Marvin> segments have a wire running between the two contacts. The
 Marvin> only markings I see are "Japan" and "3015-5" on the back and
 Marvin> "C-27-09" on the side. My suspicion is that they are
 Marvin> incandescent but I haven't found any information on them yet
 Marvin> using Google. Does anyone know what these things are called?

I don't remember any distinctive name for those, other than perhaps
"incandescent 7 segment display".  Yes, those existed for a short
while back when LEDs were very expensive and not particularly bright. 

      paul