I would absolutely buy a small stock of new zebras for the M100! I've been contemplating such a project myself for years. Over the last 30 years, the zebras have deformed to where they seem to take permanent deformation from the copper tracks on the PCB and I've never been able to get them back together again after cleaning. Having new parts available would be terrific.
Let me see how many problematic LCDs I have in my "parts machines" right now and I'll get back to you. -Josh > From: M100 <m100-boun...@lists.bitchin100.com> On Behalf Of Jamie Nichol > Sent: Tuesday, July 6, 2021 6:34 PM > To: m...@bitchin100.com > Subject: [M100] New zebra strips for M100 display — any interest? > > > Hey All, > > I do consumer product R&D as my day job. I’ve admired the M100 as a > brilliant product for the past decade or so, and just picked up a really sad > example that I’m trying to resuscitate. > > A couple of weeks ago I had a some fine-pitch prototype zebra strips made up > to fit the M100 LCD (see pic). The first prototypes are about 0.3mm too > tall. I’ll likely have another set of prototypes run with an adjusted height. > > I have two questions: > > Is there enough interest here on the list to justify an order of 1000 pieces > or so? (Likely price is a few dollars each strip — more to come on price.) > > Do any of you have dead LCDs that you would be wiling to sacrifice to the > testing gods? I would like to see ten or so LCDs improved by an upgrade to > the new strips before placing a bigger order. > > —Jamie
