Well, it was my belief that in the original series (TOS), the chase lights have 2 modes. The first one being 2 lights next to each other - alternating left and right, and the more common line left to right. In Star Trek IV it switches to the format we see today. In TNG, DS9 and VOYAGER they are the equivalent to the CPU lights on a modern PC. Note that in Star Trek IV and later that only have one mode: 2 lights moving outwards towards the middle. Note that Voyager has 2 sets of chase lights: one under the view screen and one above the view screen.
In the unaired pilot of TOS, it had this view screen
And here is the NX-01 view screen:
And in the JJ Abrams reboot, they don.t even have chase lights.
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