[rescue] VRE01/VT1200 pictures

[James Lockwood]

On Wed, 10 Jul 2002, Bill Bradford wrote:

> On Wed, Jul 10, 2002 at 12:17:34PM -0400, Dave McGuire wrote:
> >   A big part of the fuss was that companies spent incredible amounts of
> > money trying to create them for nearly twenty years and got nowhere.
> > The other part of the fuss was that blue LEDs are the missing "B" that
> > goes with "R" and "G".
>
> I take it that the "green" color is cheapest?  I noticed the other day that
> I have about 10 of those generic green LEDs on various devices in my
> computer room..

Red is cheaper, especially if you have high intensity requirements.  The
price difference between red and green is tiny compared with the
difference from either to blue, though.  Green is also usually more
pleasing to the eye, which can be worth a penny or two of extra cost.

-James