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Re: Do _blue_ L.E.D.s exist?

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From: Eric Bowman
Date: Sun, 25 Feb 1990 19:41
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In article <7568@b11.ingr.com> mcconnel@b11.ingr.com (Guy McConnell) writes:
>In article <THOMAS.90Feb22153610@uplog.uplog.se>, thomas@uplog.se (Thomas Tornblom) writes:
>> 
>> Yes, they exist. They are *EXTREMELY* expensive, at least when I checked
>> last.
>> 
>> An old catalog (1988) that I have has a price of $50 (!) for the blue
>> and about $0.50 for red/green/yellow. Quantities of one.
>
>  I saw them recently in EE Times or somesuch magazine advertised much cheaper
>  than this.  Unfortunately, I don't remember the mag, the price, or the
>  company!  I'll look for the add again but I recall that they were advertised
>  as "available in production quantities" so they do exist.  They were still
>  more expensive than the red/green/yellow ones but several orders of 
>  magnitude less than the price you quote above.
>
>
>  Guy McConnell
>  Intergraph Corp.
>  Huntsville, AL.

I read something recently about a cost breakthrough that might make LED TV
possible -- evidently a *big* cost breakthrough.  A friend of mine working
in a display group thinks the TV part is bunk, but confirmed about 1/10
recent price reduction.

BoBo
bowman@reed.{bitnet,UUCP}

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From: bowman@reed.UUCP (Eric Bowman)
Newsgroups: misc.wanted,sci.electronics,sci.physics
Subject: Re: Do _blue_ L.E.D.s exist?
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Date: 25 Feb 90 19:41:44 GMT
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