Seven Segment Displays

[9000 VAX]

> I have a bunch of them too.  Four are in a counter I made back in 73,
> the rest are spares for it. Actually they are fairly nice and at about
> 10MA brighter than leds of the time (I must ahve a dozen MAN-x series
> LED 7 segments as well).
> 
> 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.

I saw some at a hamfest. I lost my interest as I figured out that they
operated the same way as most VCR displays.

vax, 9000

> 
> Allison
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