Illuminating the HP49G LCD display?

[Dave Britten]

(01-28-2022 03:28 PM)Massimo Gnerucci Wrote:  

(01-28-2022 02:36 PM)Dave Britten Wrote:  Back in the late '90s when I got my 49G, I found that the readability was improved tremendously by simply removing the plastic lens covering the LCD. This leaves the LCD sitting out in the open, much like on the 48. I grabbed a spare 5.25" floppy disk and cut a new bezel from the outer jacket and stuck it on to make it at least sort of nice looking.

https://i.imgur.com/HbMBTuz.jpg

Looks pretty good. The keyboard still sucks though.

What really sucks is that 'ALG' on the upper right...

Yeah, I only popped batteries in to take this picture. I wasn't going to use the keyboard any more than necessary.