Josh, Thank you!
—Jamie On Jul 7, 2021, 9:54 AM -0400, Josh Malone <josh.mal...@gmail.com>, wrote: > 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
