[Premium-Rx] 2050 Backplane Lighting

[Shaun Merrigan]

There is another possible source of this lighting: the vendors who cater
to overclockers and case modders. I am speaking of overclocking the
CPU's of PC's and modifying (ie "modding") the case with lights,
UV sensitive materials and water cooling.

They sell EL strips and fluorescent tubes in all shapes, sizes, and colors,
as well as inverters. A simple web search will turn up dozens of vendors.

Example:
http://www.cuttingedgecasemods.com/lighting/cclite.htm


Since this is a generally, conservative group, I will not say how I
came to acquire this knowledge :-)

Good to hear from you Greg.

Shaun

-----Original Message-----
From: premium-rx-bounces at ml.skirrow.org
[mailto:premium-rx-bounces at ml.skirrow.org]On Behalf Of Greg W. Bailey
Sent: Saturday, February 22, 2003 10:14
To: Baruch Zilbershatz; premium-rx at ml.skirrow.org
Subject: [Premium-Rx] 2050 Backplane Lighting


Hello Baruch:

When HF-2050 owners first started showing up on the List there was some
activity in the area of back lighting the display.  One of the 'fixes' was
to use two very small fluorescent tubes about 10 cm long and the diameter of
a 1/2 watt resistor.  The tubes were energized by a small power supply that
operated on 12 VDC if I remember correctly.  The bulbs were placed on the
top and bottom edge of the display's glass and operated with some limited
success. The operation of the tubes didn't seem to generate any noticeable
EMI.

The archives of the List may have additional information.  I would look in
the first six months of posts.  I have forgotten the name of the surplus
store in Los Angeles where I purchased mine, but I am sure after 4 years,
they are probably out of stock.

Best wishes

Greg


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