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RE: Head's up displays / group order

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Christopher Allen [mailto:]
> Sent: Wednesday, June 30, 1999 10:56 PM
> To: Paul Archer
> Cc: wear-hard
> Subject: Re: Head's up displays / group order
>
>
> On Wed, 30 Jun 1999, Paul Archer wrote:
>
> > >From what I've seen of the M1 vs PE, I like the monochrome red
> better. It
> > seemed to stand out from whatever you're seeing out of the
> other eye better
> > than greyscale. Anyone ever tried putting a red filter on an M1
> or similar?
> Using a velcroed-on red-pass filter would allow you two change the color
> to suit the situation or your mood (blue-pass/green-pass) or even just let
> you decide if you really want a particluar color without committing to it.
> But if you are sure you want red, you should be aware that the M1 uses a
> white LED as a backlight, and so the best permanent solution would be to
> change the backlight to a red LED. If Tony still offers the unglued
> version of the M1 people could change it themselves; or perhaps Tony would
> be willing to make a special red-LED version.
>

We still offer the unglued version for $500.  The big issues here will be
output of the LED while maintaining its current form factor and power
requirements.  I'll check out a source for high output micro-LEDs and get
back to you.  Would you like any other colors than red?

- Tony

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