speaking of displays & DPM

[tom cloud]

>Maybe I have an odd LCD pannel (2x20, I doubt it). Mine turns black when the
>car warms up in the sun.
>

Don't know -- only know what specs I am familiar with -- maybe something
new ??  Don't think so, but maybe.  LCD specs (that I read umpteen years
ago) say they don't work as well in the cold, get sluggish and go blank.
I have experienced the problem you speak of -- think it must be an
artifact of type of LCD or manufacture process ??  But that seems to only
be isolated to certain displays.

I use LCD's in my car with no problem -- not even in 'cold' (except when in
mountains in N.M. when it got into the teens -- then they went blank).