Oops, that should have been IEE. They made the early projection displays
using light bulbs, film and lenses to project the image onto the frosted
front of the module.
Peace,
Pat
Thusly spake Pat:
> Cool clock, wish I could afford it!
>
> Back in the late 60's I was designing remote control systems for gas
> pumps at convenience stores - long before they existed. Te looked at
> using a CRT based display from IEEE, I believe that would put numbers
> up on a <2" screen, but it was too expensive for the project. We went
> with 7-segment LED displays instead.
>
> Peace,
> Pat
>
>
> Thusly spake Wayne:
>> Paul Parkanzky wrote:
>>> You guys had me shopping for a Nixie clock for my desk at work when
>>> I came
>>> across this:
>>> http://www.cathodecorner.com/scra/index.html
>>
>> Some of ya' might like this one... We have a local shop that builds
>> replicas of these funky old TVs
>>
>> Pic is worth 1K:
>> http://www.cbelec.com/
>>
>> -Wayne
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