Thanks for sharing this, I found this really neat. It's especially interesting to me, because I've been spending most of my spare time repairing a Swan 500c (circa 1967).. I'm only 32, and in my lifetime circuits have always been executed on circuit boards.. Imagine my surprise when I started repairing tube radios, and the circuits are built on thin air! So, it is of extra interest to me that this device was constructed in the early 70's and is solid state and done on circuit boards.. There must have been a real revolution in electronics around that time frame.
-Adam On Fri, Nov 26, 2010 at 11:26 AM, David Forbes <[email protected]>wrote: > One of my in-laws is a retired engineer. I was visiting their house > yesterday for the annual feast of gluttony known as Thanksgiving, and spied > a charming wooden gadget on a shelf. I had to poke at it; I couldn't resist. > > It's a calculator, made with a calculator chip, twelve tiny VFD tubes, some > wood and lots of wires. > > http://www.nixiebunny.com/malmbergcalc/calc.html > > Revel in the amazing craft skills of yore. > > -- > David Forbes, Tucson AZ > http://www.cathodecorner.com/ > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "neonixie-l" group. > To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<neonixie-l%[email protected]> > . > For more options, visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB. > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB.
