Re: More 'PIDS'

[Ben Armstrong <ba13@uow.edu.au>]

The screens are some kind of plasma screen. They couldn't use normal
CRT's as the traction current in the overhead kept on distorting the
image on the screen everytime a train went by!! I think they are using
the same type of screens on the new airport railway as well....

Cheers,

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On 25 May 1999, Matthew Geier wrote:

> In article <7idq1f$gno$1@nnrp1.deja.com>,
> Paul McCabe  <boofheadpaul@yahoo.com.au> wrote:
> >
> >
> >> As of 9:45 this morning the Windows desktop had been displaced by a
> >> turqoise and black screen, with the clock showing in the bottom right
> >> hand corner. The phosphor burns were still visible!
> >
> >The screens are similar to laptop screens supposedly which I don't
> >think burn.  Maybe I am wrong :)
> 
>  Judging by the size of the boxes the concourse screens are installed in,
> they are standard CRT screens. On the platforms, the screens must be some
> sort of flat screen as the housing isnt big enough.
>