On Fri, 27 Nov 1998 15:39:24 PST, you wrote:

>Note that there are chips designed just for driving EL displays.  Sipex is
>one manufacturer.  These apparently use dI/dt type drivers, along with the
>minimal current requiresmenst of EL displays, and achieve high volatges with
>a simple (external) inductor, and a couple of external resistors for timing.
>
>BillW
All the ones I've seen are for relatively small panels - this one
sounds like a pretty big beastie