On Fri, 12 Oct 2007 19:00:17 -0700, ChairmanOfTheBored
wrote:

On Fri, 12 Oct 2007 11:20:42 -0700, John Larkin
wrote:


Here's a simulation of a CRT vector character generator, for a
heads-up display on a military airplane. It takes into account the
character generator, DAC response, deflectiion amp response, and
phosphor characteristics. All done in a day, in PowerBasic.

John


Bull****. It is a neon sign generator app. Note how all the letters
connect together. Note how the app is called NEON.

I wrote it, and I called it NEON because, well, I like neon, and the
display looks sort of neon-ish. The characters connect together
because it's a vector character generator, d'oh.

The second photo is NOT a picture of a neon sign, d'oh.

Here's the HUD itself, on the right. On top is the beam-splitter the
pilot looks through. The box on the left is the GEC controller we
replaced. It had an MTBF of 22 hours.

AlwaysWrong, d'oh.

John