possible new LCD for the EII

[Dimensional Space]

I ordered a Noritake Vacuum Fluorescent Display (VFD) for the EII that I am sure
it will fit and work.



You can see Noritake on top and the original EII display with frame.


I have a couple EII's now that I can play with. The Noritake's are not cheap though. I paid $82 with shipping for mine from Noritake directly. I believe Mouser and Digikey carry them also. The regular color is green. Now if you want the characters to be blue to kinda match the EII, then you will have to buy the blue filter that Noritake sells and is put over the LCD. Well here is the rub.. you can't just buy one. You have to buy 150 of them at a time and they want $3.21 each. Great, so now I have $450 worth of blue filters laying around. I have pushed back and forth with the LA and Chicago offices about this, and they are sticking to their
guns on this one. I just don't get it.  It doesn't make any sense to me. They said the filter manufacturer has it set up this. You would think they would just break a
pack open you know and sell them for $10 each and make some money. Nope. And
they won't budge.

So they sent me one blue filter for evaluation. See pic. I'll be getting the
filter installed in a couple weeks. My tech has my Sequential Studio 440 and is
fitting this LCD in it. And then I will order another one for one of my EII's
and see how it comes out. With the blue filter of course. They actually used a
sharpie marker on the filter so I could not in fact "use it". I used some
rubbing alcohol on it and it came off and has this backwards "F" on it. See
pic. But that was part of the writing that read part # F3-01-03. Everything
came off accept the F. See pic.

The Noritake LCD seems to line up exactly from back to back. At least the holes
do. The EII, SP-12, and 440 share the same LCD.  Here is a picture of one installed in a Sequential VS.

http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_FMBJEkaC8Lw/RjELpaEqLdI/AAAAAAAADgs/spJh4gt7iL0/s1600-\
h/IMG_1377.jpg

and a closer image of one in a Studio 440.

http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_FMBJEkaC8Lw/Rizwx5eL86I/AAAAAAAADW8/6g7d-s9OVhs/s1600-\
h/IMG_1368_2.jpg

I think it would look really nice in our EII's. But the blue filter thing is
gonna be a bitch. I should have mine done in a couple weeks and I will post
pics.

James

[Dimensional Space]

*update. I just ordered another one to fit in the EII. 
Pics in a couple weeks.

[Elmbeatz]

these look great!

[Dimensional Space]

I am going to LA tomorrow to pick up a bunch of Rosco filters in every color ever.



Screw Noritake's silly filter system. I do like their LCD's though.   They wrote back today and they said $150 for 50 blue filters, not $450.  Still way overpriced.  You can buy the Rosco filters by the sheet for like $20 or maybe even use the ones in the sample book.  They come in different millimeters.  The Noritake filters are 1 mil thick. So I will stick to either 1 or 2 mil in thickness in blue.

[Dimensional Space]

Rosco filter idea works. 

Noritake VFD with blue Rosco filter in a Studio 440.



Next is the EII. 


Shit, all I do is win.

[roginator]

I just installed NORITAKE in it in first EII!!!!

WORX PERFECT!!! WOOOOHOOOOOO!!

[roginator]

SOME PICTURES !!!

quick shot with my phone

[Elmbeatz]

Yeah! Great!!!

[ditabeardmemo]

Can someone post a link to the specific Noritake model that fits in the Emulator II?

Aside from removal of the original LCD and soldering in the VFD, are there any other modifications that need to be made to the EII for this to work?

[roginator]

YES noritake model = CU16025-UW2J


TAKE CARE !!! to me everything  works perfect if IC 25 on cpu board is HD74LS04P

I tried few other 74xx04 ... non workked correct !!

hope this helps a bit!!!

D

[ditabeardmemo]

Thanks Roginator!

This question might belong in another section of the forum, but I'll ask here since we're on the subject. Are there Noritake displays from this same family of products that will work with the:

 - Emax I rack
 - Emax II rack
 - Emulator III keyboard
 - Emulator III rack

[roginator]

Emax I rack and EIII IN A WEEK !! 

[ditabeardmemo]

That's great news Roginator!

When you have Noritake part numbers that are confirmed to be compatible with the Emax I and the Emulator III, please post them.

[roginator]

ofcourse!!

[Dimensional Space]

How do you sleep at night with highjacking my thread?

"I just installed NORITAKE in it in first EII!!!!

WORX PERFECT!!! WOOOOHOOOOOO!!"

Is this some type of contest to you?  Who installed it first?

If you're gonna take over my thread keep the gayness down to a minimum.
There is no need to be so over the top with your stupid exclamation points.
We get it already.   I'm curious.  Did you get the Noritake before or after I posted this?
Last time I remember you were using little gay ass $5 blue units from Ebay.
All of a sudden you're jockin Noritake's?   Weak, bud.