Apparently, the Museum of Flight in Seattle, Washington has one on display:
https://www.museumofflight.org/exhibits-and-events/aircraft/concorde Perhaps if you bring a screwdriver with you they might let you peek behind some panels? :D Sellam On Sat, Sep 16, 2023 at 9:37 AM Wayne S via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> wrote: > You can find some manuals here, but probably not what you want… > > WWW.FLIGHT-MANUALS-ONLINE.COM > > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Sep 16, 2023, at 09:34, Martin Bishop via cctalk <cctalk@classiccmp.org> > wrote: > > The UK Concorde heritage sites may provide contacts / answers > > e.g. https://www.heritageconcorde.com/duxford > > Martin > > -----Original Message----- > From: Shoppa, Tim via cctalk [mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org] > Sent: 16 September 2023 16:53 > To: cctalk@classiccmp.org > Cc: Shoppa, Tim <tsho...@wmata.com> > Subject: [cctalk] Concorde cabin display technology? > > Not quite computer tech but I figure this is the best place to ask: > > Does anyone recognize the display tech that was used on the Concorde's > in-cabin display? > > Examples: > > https://samchui.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/CON15.jpg > > https://samchui.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/02/CON16.jpg > > > The display had fully-formed digits and letters, and showed either Mach > and Feet, or Temp and MPH. Some pictures show the display in green and > others show it in orange - which of course were popular monochrome CRT > colors, yet the display looks too "flat" to be a couple CRT's. Those colors > were also popular for Electroluminiscent displays which matches the evident > "flatness" but I'm not sure I've seen any EL's with fully formed digits > like this with no visible segmentation? > > I want to guess it was individual digits back-projected - which was a > popular control-theater display tech at the end of the 20th century - but I > can't rule out, say, really well-done edge-lit character plates. In any > event there doesn't seem to be any visible jitter up and down between > digits that I might expect with either of those technologies. > > The "FEET" display in the above-referenced JPG's shows some artifacts at > the left and right edges which might be a clue? > > Some pics of the BA Concorde interior had a simple 15-segment and > 7-segment green LED display. Don't need help with that one 🙂. > > Tim N3QE > > > >
