im wondering if anyone can help me out w/ a name that i want to kno.

what it is is a display that is about 2 feet horizontal and maybe 3 inches vertical. it displays text using red LEDs and some even have multi color LEDs that are red green and orange. i was wanting to find out the name so i could research them a lil more

any help would be greatly appreciated

brandon

scrolling light (led) signs ?

i think i know what your talking about a pizza store has something like that in their window all i needs to know is that is it multicolored lettering or is it just all red

Scrolling LED displays, right? You mean something like this, right?:

http://www.electronicdisplays.com/3%...20GRAPHICS.htm

That's for the multi-color one. this is for just red:

http://www.electronicdisplays.com/ME...AIN%20PAGE.htm

i think that's what you're talking about. They come with windows software so you can control them from a PC, but I have no idea how expandable that software is (ie. can you get it to read form a text file or displau your MBM5 stats?), or if it's possible to hack access into it directly hrough whatever port it uses instad of going through the included software. I suppose it must be, though.

Also, these ain't cheap. The multi-color one will run you around $300, and that ain't chump change in anyone's book. Good luck, tho.

thanks u guys that is exactly wat i was look for

brandon

i picked up one for like 500 bux (yea its a lot) but it used to cose 3k. it is actually for business BUT i could just keep it. here is the pic

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does anyone know anything about it? its got an RJ45 connector and a huge clicker. its an alpha 8000 series i think. if anyone knows anything about it and could give me some info that would be great

brandon

the rj45 connector is to link to your pc with a serial to rj45 adapter, the clicker, couldnt tell ya, post a pic of it

ahh ty for the info bout the rj45 to serial.. i got the clicker figured out, but i decided taht 500 is too much too spend on something like this.

i am just gonna give it to teh business and be reinbursed

brandon

For 500 I'm sure you could come up with something a lot cooler than that! Man, that sure would be badass though, in smaller form taking up a 5.25!! haha.

have u ever seen the prices for that sheeyat man? they are hella expensive

i could have spent 3 large on it but no i talked the guy down to 500.

however i didnt even have to pay for it. my company did becausei decided it was out of my budget so i gave it to my company and they reinbursed me.

tom have u ever see this particular display in action? it can do graphics and is like 5 feet wide and 5 inches tall. its quite a sight to see.

they do sell smaller ones but i have not found one that is 5.25 inches. it would be freakin sweet.

yes for 500 i could have gotten somethin better. however if u spend 500 on scrolling LED displays, you can get no better

brandon

scrolling system stats, i can see it now...

cpu1-32 cpu2-31 load-44% ram-234m free blah blah blah

always scrolling across that huge display, totally pwning...