no worries..
just gave it the ol' bump in-case anyone else was around/had time.. 
(or you forgot!) 
thanks!
Im still abit confused as to the ebay links posted above??..
1 has an 11 pin pinout.. and the other seems to have 12?
11 makes sense for 3 digits (8) + 3 gnds = 11 pins..
I have a 'used' one at home.. (not sure where it came from.. looks to have the 12 pin bent down.. not used?.. its part of PIC based board..that has no relevance)
so if I wanted to order some to play/work with... beside ensure they are common cathode.... does it matter?
The more important aspect is the Eagle footprint..
outside the one I posted above.. I found some in the
display-kingbright library...
under: B?56-21*WA sub-directory...
SEEMS to be the style have in my hand.. and on Ebay.. 12 pins..
however.. these are only 0.56inch in size?
I think the ones at my house I just measured were .75 in height (1.25 in width if I recall?)
anyone used a 3 digit numeric display before in there projects?
thanks!