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From: henry@utzoo.UUCP (Henry Spencer)
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Subject: On front panels and indicators
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Date: Fri, 22-Jun-84 14:12:11 EDT
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Posted: Fri Jun 22 14:12:11 1984
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> At one time LEDs came only in red, and there seem to be engineers who haven't
> heard that they now come in at least red, yellow, blue, green, and white.

If you can tell me where to get blue or white LEDs, I'd much appreciate
it.  Last I heard, blue LEDs were horribly inefficient laboratory toys,
not production parts.  And to get white, you needed blue.

This is not to say I disagree with the contention that red is over-used.
Incidentally, if DEC has wised up in this regard, it must have been pretty
recent.  All the DEC front panels I've seen have been monochromatic red.
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				Henry Spencer @ U of Toronto Zoology
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