At 03:50 AM 9/2/97 +0000, Mike Smith wrote:
>On  1 Sep 97 at 18:37, Tim Kerby wrote:
>
>> Hi
>> EL panels can be blown quite easily.  Continued use reduces the life
>> which I think is in the region of 2000 hours at reasonable voltage
>
>Even the one's used to backlight laptop computer displays?
>
The modern laptops use a cold cathode vacuum flourescent panel for
backlighting.  Much brighter and last much longer.  The EL panels would
gradually fade with use. After around five years you needed a flashlight to
read the display (Zenith-286).


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