[quote name=\'TLEberle\' post=\'148856\' date=\'Mar 22 2007, 09:07 PM\']
[quote name=\'RJSchex\' post=\'148836\' date=\'Mar 22 2007, 04:48 PM\']In later installations of this series, I will be covering it, and all other known styles. Look at the link in WhammyPower's reply.[/quote]A series? There's going to be more of this?
Is there any actual nomenclature to this sort of thing that is official, or are these all different flavors of light boards? I suppose some industry professionals would bother to differentiate by size and type of bulb, but I'm incredulous that there are names such as "Bank," "Sports" and so on.
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Oh, yes. Future posts will include pages on "Solari Board" (the ones that flip like clock-radio displays of the 70's), "Sports" (so called because it looks very similar to displays used at sporting venues, such as NBA shot clocks), the "Modified Sports/Go" style (popular mostly during the late 60's and early 70's), and even some not mentioned on the DFG page (most notably the "Apple IIe" font)
Most of my information, of course, comes from the aforementioned DFG; the names all appear to be unofficial. Only if we can track down and get a hold of the original manufacturers will we know the "official" names.