The Apollo lunar lander (LEM) also had electroluminescent displays, and size, weight and power were critical factors while endurance was not.
Looking back, it's comical how many competing display technologies slugged it out in the 1960's On Wednesday, January 21, 2026 at 7:12:10 AM UTC-8 Tom Katt wrote: > On Tuesday, January 20, 2026 at 1:57:00 PM UTC-5 gregebert wrote: > > Yes, I've done some google translation on the info but have not completed > that exercise. > > I definitely agree with lowering the intensity, and I will target this as > a night-clock. The specified lifetime was around 500 hours, though that > just means the intensity has decreased noticeably but not to zero. > > > I'm surprised that displays manufactured for military applications would > have such short operational lifetimes... Sure, limiting light intensity > would be important to prevent being seen by the enemy, but I'd think that > it's even more important that the operator can see it themselves lol. > Worst case they add some optical filters over the display to reduce > luminosity... > > I guess they'd rely on maintenance routines to replace them as they aged? > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/0173a110-6952-46f3-9694-21207f8db7f4n%40googlegroups.com.
