substitute for TI TIL306/307 Display?

From: Joe <rigdonj_at_cfl.rr.com>
Date: Wed Jan 1 17:30:01 2003

Toth,

At 10:51 PM 12/31/02 -0600, you wrote:
>On Tue, 31 Dec 2002, Joe wrote:
>
>> Does anyone know of another display that can be substituted for the TIL
>> 306/307? Here is a data sheet for the 306/307 in case you have a
>> question about it, <www.alltronics.com/download/TIL306.pdf>.
>
>I don't know of an exact replacement offhand, but I thought these were
>still in production?

   Are they? I think mine are about 25 years old. FWIW I went looking for some at a large local surplus store and found one that I think is prototype. It's built out of clear material instead of red and is marked TIXL306 and is date coded 7204 (almost 31 years old!). I went through several boxs and THOUSANDs of displays and only found one standard 306 and the one prototype.


 How many of these displays are you looking for? I
>believe I still have a few in my parts bin...

    In addition to the one that I found in the store I need three of them. Mine were in sockets and the dissimilar metal corrosion has eaten off at least one leg off of each of mine.

    Joe
>
>-Toth
>
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