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Lightguide display

A Lightguide display (also known as an edge-lit display) is an obsolete electronic mechanism which was used for displaying alphanumeric characters in electronic devices such as calculators, multimeters, laboratory measurement instruments, and entertainment machines such as pinball games.

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Lightguide display

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Triples7
Avg. degree1.87
Density0.133333
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Lightguide display

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Lightguide display → Counting TubesYouTube, Display, Mike's Electric Stuff

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patent filed display used digit granted lightguide also light tubes california 1956 edge-lit obsolete electronic calculators multimeters pinball plastic panels

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calculatorsinstance ofis an obsolete electronic mechanism which was used for displaying alphanumeric characters in electronic devices0.80text
multimetersinstance ofis an obsolete electronic mechanism which was used for displaying alphanumeric characters in electronic devices0.80text
laboratory measurement instrumentsinstance ofis an obsolete electronic mechanism which was used for displaying alphanumeric characters in electronic devices0.80text
and entertainment machines such as pinball gamesinstance ofis an obsolete electronic mechanism which was used for displaying alphanumeric characters in electronic devices0.80text
Lightguide displayrelated to External linksMike's Electric Stuff0.60section
Lightguide displayrelated to External linksDisplay0.60section
Lightguide displayrelated to External linksCounting TubesYouTube0.60section

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