Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!seismo!rochester!ken From: ken@rochester.ARPA (SKY) Newsgroups: comp.terminals Subject: Re: 7-segment LCD (6 segments suffice) Message-ID: <23668@rochester.ARPA> Date: Thu, 8-Jan-87 13:40:07 EST Article-I.D.: rocheste.23668 Posted: Thu Jan 8 13:40:07 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 8-Jan-87 22:38:56 EST References: <668@instable.UUCP> Reply-To: ken@rochester.UUCP (SKY) Organization: U of Rochester, CS Dept, Rochester, NY Lines: 34 It can be done with 6 segments provided you are willing to go to curved segments. Here is the basic layout: ----- | / \_ /_ / \ / / ----- Label the segments a-f from top to bottom, left to right. 0: def 1: cd 2: acdf 3: acef 4: bcd 5: abef 6: cdef 7: acd 8: abcdef 9: abcd Comments: 0 is half height. 4 looks funny but with a little juggling can look good. The tops should have rounded edges to help. It also helps to skew the whole figure so the diagonal is about 15 degrees from the vertical. 7 gets fair treatment this time. I wish I could say I invented this but I saw this in a very old flourescent display calculator some 10-15 years ago. There may be a patent on this scheme. I have always wondered why this encoding hasn't been made more popular. Ken