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PYL and TPIR readouts
Chelsea Thrasher:
[quote name=\'cmjb13\' date=\'Jul 11 2003, 05:30 AM\'] So would I be correct in saying that the one bid readouts and Check out display are vane and the TPIR showcase podium and PYL readouts (similar to Wintution) are 7-segment lamp readouts? [/quote]
Maybe I've had a bit too much to drink, but I thought that the displays on PYL were Eggcrate....or did I miss something here
cmjb13:
Maybe I should have made myself more clear.
I should say \"digit display\". Not the green colored background, but the style of numbers used on PYL and TPIR Showcase.
SRIV94:
[quote name=\'cmjb13\' date=\'Jul 11 2003, 08:32 AM\']Maybe I should have made myself more clear.
I should say \"digit display\". Not the green colored background, but the style of numbers used on PYL and TPIR Showcase.[/quote]
Actually, there are a several different \"Eggcrate\" variants. One is the variant used on the Showcase, the Money Cards (70s/80s versions), the score readout on P+, etc., etc. Another variant is the one used on (forgive me for saying this) FUN HOUSE, distinguishable by the 4 being closed rather than open (a la the Ferrenti display on FF)--although most of the rest of the numbers carry the same traits as the Showcase/Money Cards version (the 2 taking a circuitous route to the lower left hand corner instead of a straight diagonal, the 3 rounded at the top instead of a straight line and the 0 has a line through it to distinguish it from an O).
This web page has a little more information:
Display Field Guide
It's not the \"be all, end all\", as even within the displays mentioned there could be slight variations.
Doug
GS Warehouse:
[quote name=\'SRIV94\' date=\'Jul 11 2003, 10:09 AM\'] Another variant is the one used on (forgive me for saying this) FUN HOUSE, distinguishable by the 4 being closed rather than open (a la the Ferrenti display on FF)--although most of the rest of the numbers carry the same traits as the Showcase/Money Cards version (the 2 taking a circuitous route to the lower left hand corner instead of a straight diagonal, the 3 rounded at the top instead of a straight line and the 0 has a line through it to distinguish it from an O). [/quote]
What do you have against FH? That was one of my faves as a teenager. Anyway, Wipeout and Caesar's Challenge used this modification as well, albeit without the crossed zeros.
Two other notes: the DFG points out there were two different versions of the Eggcrate. What's round in the one we're more accustomed to is square in the other. I remember hearing that the two types emit light differently. Also, the latter type (think the old Family Channel's interactive games) is more capable of letters, which we saw in the latter seasons of Debt. The classic type could be adjusted to display just one letter per unit (like V or T).
PeterMarshallFan:
[quote name=\'GS Warehouse\' date=\'Jul 11 2003, 10:36 AM\'] What do you have against FH?
<snip> [/quote]
There's a Usenet troll who
A) Stalks Megan Mullaly of \"Will and Grace\"
B) Makes idiotic posts about Fun House, esp. the cheerleaders (\"Anyone remember Jackie and Sammi Forrest the cheerleaders on Fun House\")
C) All of the above
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