AFAIK it's just the VFD itself, I doubt they'd send me a complete display board, I'll let you know once I take delivery. Thanks for the advice about connector alignment. I'll be very careful, honest, I know these boards are rather delicate. I don't think the removal of the old VFD and soldering in the new one is going to be a problem, as I said before it doesn't look too difficult. I'll cut each of the leads running from the VFD to the board itself first so that I can remove the glass bit, then that'll make it easier to remove the leads without pulling the pads off of the surface of the PCB. I've been looking for something to Christen my new soldering iron with but didn't want anything this drastic.

To further make this a less than grand day I've just discovered that my Plextor CD writer has decided to give up the ghost . Oh well... c'est la vie.

Marcus (beaker)
32 gig (various colours)