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From: jeffw@midas.STS.TEK.COM (Jeff Winslow)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Car electronics projects
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Date: 24 Jul 89 18:35:00 GMT
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In article <5374@mtgzy.att.com> rlf@mtgzy.att.com (r.l.fletcher) writes:

>This one has long been a pet idea of mine also, but I would actually
>replace my tail-lights and permanently mount the display in place
>of them. In normal use they would handle the stop and turn signals
>with some appropriate characters, say << and >> for turning and 
>WHOA!! for stopping.

Cute idea, but I can react a lot faster to just a couple of bright red
lights going on than I can react trying to distinguish one set of red
characters from another. I suspect a lot of other people are the same way.

We must have all seen the same movie, or something. I thought of the car-
display idea too - but figured somebody had already done it. I was right
about that, anyway.

						Jeff Winslow