Well, it's NOT a piece of cake to order from Noritake in the US.
 This brings up a question... What about finding a completely different source of displays (LCD even if it had to be) from a different company just for the external display project? Someone who is more eager to ship their product to customers?

Is there a such thing as an LCD that has similar features and pinouts to the Noritake VFD displays?
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Tony Fabris