Very similar story here. I was in undergrad back then and worked in a part-time job with the high energy physics dept (we built front-end detector electronics for particle detectors at CERN, Fermilan, SNO, etc).
One of the guys on our team had great relations with the major electronics distributors and always had well stocked lab. One day, mid 90’s, we saw he got a sample of few of these brand new Blue LED’s.
My coworker and I snuck into his lab after he left and wired one of them up.
It’s hard to describe what it was like to see this bright deep blue compared to only the red, yellow, and green LED’s that existed until that point. It was so cool to look at.
One of the guys on our team had great relations with the major electronics distributors and always had well stocked lab. One day, mid 90’s, we saw he got a sample of few of these brand new Blue LED’s.
My coworker and I snuck into his lab after he left and wired one of them up.
It’s hard to describe what it was like to see this bright deep blue compared to only the red, yellow, and green LED’s that existed until that point. It was so cool to look at.