Mike, Cool!
—Jamie On Jul 8, 2021, 4:48 PM -0700, Mike Stein <mhs.st...@gmail.com>, wrote: > Put me down for three pairs if it happens. > > Thanks > > mike > > > On Wed, Jul 7, 2021 at 5:39 PM Jamie Nichol <jgnic...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Peter, > > > > > > Looks like a pair of new zebra strips will cost $6 with usps shipping to > > > contiguous USA. > > > > > > Manufacturer is fujipoly. Better quality supplier. > > > > > > I’d love to sign you up for a dozen, once testing looks good. > > > > > > Anyone else interested at this price? > > > > > > —Jamie > > > On Jul 7, 2021, 5:28 PM -0400, Peter Noeth <petern0...@gmail.com>, wrote: > > > > My experience with zebra strips, in general are threefold: > > > > 1. The silicon can "outgas" its oils over time, if they were not baked > > > > correctly at manufacture. This oil can contaminate the carbon layers on > > > > the "face ends" where the strip contacts the glass / PCB, causing open > > > > connections. > > > > 2. The face ends of the carbon layers are not always friendly to > > > > cleaning. The conductivity of the carbon layers can be lost, especially > > > > after 5 years. > > > > 3. The silicon can lose its elasticity, causing open connections. This > > > > mostly manifests itself during reassembly of an LCD display module if > > > > reusing the original zebra strips. Especially after 40 years of > > > > questionable storage conditions. > > > > When disassembly of an LCD display module was necessary, new zebra > > > > strips were always used during reassembly. This just removes a lot of > > > > potential problems, especially if you warrant your work. > > > > > > > > So having a source for replacement zebra strips for the notebook > > > > computers would be handy, but at a minimum production quantity of 1000, > > > > you would probably still have 800 when you die. Maybe not economical, > > > > from a business investment, but maybe from a passion standpoint. > > > > > > > > I would buy a dozen :-) > > > > > > > > Regards, > > > > > > > > Peter > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > > > > > > > > > > Message: 3 > > > > > Date: Tue, 6 Jul 2021 19:33:53 -0400 > > > > > From: Jamie Nichol <jgnic...@gmail.com> > > > > > To: m100@bitchin100.comSubject: [M100] New zebra strips for M100 > > > > > display > > > > > =?utf-8?Q?=E2=80=94_?=any interest? > > > > > Message-ID: <d6b92cdc-63e0-40d1-8b37-fa40b8641a9b@Spark> > > > > > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > > > > > > > > > Hey All, > > > > > > > > > > I do consumer product R&D as my day job.??I?ve admired the M100 as a > > > > > brilliant product for the past decade or so, and just picked up a > > > > > really sad example that I?m trying to resuscitate. > > > > > > > > > > A couple of weeks ago I had a some fine-pitch prototype zebra strips > > > > > made up to fit the M100 LCD (see pic).??The first prototypes are > > > > > about 0.3mm too tall.??I?ll likely have another set of prototypes run > > > > > with an adjusted height. > > > > > > > > > > I have two questions: > > > > > > > > > > Is there enough interest here on the list to justify an order of 1000 > > > > > pieces or so???(Likely price is a few dollars each strip ? more to > > > > > come on price.) > > > > > > > > > > Do any of you have dead LCDs that you would be wiling to sacrifice to > > > > > the testing gods???I would like to see ten or so LCDs improved by an > > > > > upgrade to the new strips before placing a bigger order. > > > > > > > > > > ?Jamie > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > > > > > An HTML attachment was scrubbed... > > > > > URL: > > > > > <http://lists.bitchin100.com/private.cgi/m100-bitchin100.com/attachments/20210706/ba6c5a49/attachment-0001.html> > > > > > -------------- next part -------------- > > > > > A non-text attachment was scrubbed... > > > > > Name: Zebra_Strip_Prototypes.jpg > > > > > Type: image/jpeg > > > > > Size: 218023 bytes > > > > > Desc: not available > > > > > URL: > > > > > <http://lists.bitchin100.com/private.cgi/m100-bitchin100.com/attachments/20210706/ba6c5a49/attachment-0001.jpg> > > > > >
