Stephen <mcavoys_at@aoldotcom> wrote:
> >    Ironically, there exists a technology to make flatscreen CRTs, with all
> > the advantages of CRT (such as contrast) with less of the disadvantages
> > (such as distortion, misalignment, etc). The basic idea is that there's
> > one (static) electron ray per pixel. (Well, three, one for each color
> > component.)
> >
> >    For some reason the technology has never been commercialized, even though
> > it could potentially be feasible.
> >

> I think that idea would have been beyond the ken of man at the time. 
> Nice to have heard it though.

  What do you mean "at the the time"? It's a modern invention.

  I didn't remember the name of the technology, but I found it:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Surface-conduction_electron-emitter_display

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                                                          - Warp

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