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MeltMan · 04-01-2002, 10:10 PM

There is no "backlight"

It is a vacuum flourescent display. It uses tiney winey little flourescent cells that illuminate to be the pixels... if you want to see one in operation, go look at a lotto machine... At least in my state, they have VFD's.

Heh... Just bought one... i'll fit it somewhere

04-01-2002, 10:10 PM	#11
MeltMan Cooling Savant Join Date: Aug 2001 Location: KS Posts: 374	There is no "backlight" It is a vacuum flourescent display. It uses tiney winey little flourescent cells that illuminate to be the pixels... if you want to see one in operation, go look at a lotto machine... At least in my state, they have VFD's. Heh... Just bought one... i'll fit it somewhere __________________ MeltMan Lurker Supreme! Last edited by MeltMan; 04-01-2002 at 10:16 PM.