Alphanumeric Vacuum Flurecent Display questions.

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Hi all
Anyone know about Alphanumeric VFDs.?
or even better a DIY circuit for making a stand alone one.
only Ive seen lots of nifty VFDs on ebay that run via a connection to the
serial ports of the computer.
Id like one that I can just program a few messages in and then have it
display them on a role over.
Also id like it to be able to survive a power down.

Regards
Wombat.

 

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Ya I did that before I posted mate.
Ow I also got my speedo working 100% now mate.
I ended up buying some CA displays and whent with the original chips. Worked
out cheeper than doing more development.