Call, Shawn Michael wrote:

> I need one more of those Futaba 162SD03CB 2 line by 16 character
> Fluorescent alpha-numeric displays.  This is the display that was
> offered in a recent edition of Electronic Goldmine.  Since then, they
> have sold out.

  No surprises here.  LCD displays are low-power, maybe compact, fairly
cheap.  On *every visual* attribute though, the VFD win hands down
(brightness, viewing angle, legibility and contrast, also lifetime).

  Cheers,
        Paul B.