Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2000/03/23
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Austin Franklin wrote: > > Is it LCD or LED (do you know the difference, not meant insultingly, > because a lot of people don't know the difference)? 18 year old LCD is > pretty old LCD... I didn't say they couldn't last longer than 10 years, > that is the MTTF number the vendors give... If it is LCD, I assure you, it > will fade as time goes on, it's the nature of the material. > > Another interesting MTTF number is for EPROMs (Electrically Programmable > Read Only Memory) ICs, that are used to store computer programs in a lot of > devices... They start to 'lose' the programmed information after about 10 > years or so... > EPROM stands for 'Erasable Progammable Read Only Memory'. Did you think there some programmed by steam? - -- Stephen Holloway http://www.deepturtle.com/steve/photos