"the first monochrome LCD sets in the 80s. I stared at them at Radio Shack"
Almost forgot about those...I guess that I already have 2 sets in my mini-LCD collection... I just put batteries in the old R/S "Pocketvision" and it seems to work just fine!
For those that have not seen one of these, it is an inversion of the "mirror in lid" concept... the display is mounted in the flip-up lid and backlit by ambient light, then viewed in a mirror mounted on the body of the set.
jr