I apologize because it's horribly off topic but here's some google hits for my buddy eric's teletype twitter console, below. Eric Volpe who built it was my chief mail systems architect at the Web 1.0 internet company Critical Path (formerly Nasdaq: CPTH, after a decade of being a publicly traded company, it's now gone private.
http://www.teletweety.com/ http://www.teletweety.com/pics/web/ http://www.google.com/search?client=safari&rls=en&q=teletweety&ie=UTF-8&oe=UTF-8 I am sure it there is a hook here somewhere, type on the teletype, have it appear on the B7971 tube array. Very Brazil. On 2011 Jun 17, at 17:25 , Wayne de Geere III wrote: > I'm always buying B7971s. If someone desperate for a few more tubes wants > them, by all means sell 'em, if nobody steps forward, I'll buy them no > problem. I have dreams of making a twitter message notification system from > 7971 tubes and about 20 of the Cogwheel x8 boards (unless someone would like > to step forward and create something more integrated and application > specific) -- a Lectrascan type arrangement would be stellar, remember tweets > are 140 chars and I need about 50 or more tubes to pull this off. > > It's going to be a showpiece though, for sure, once it's done. I want to > spare no expense in how it's built and shown, hoping Michael Barile might > want to help me work out what it's going to look like, I think it's going to > be sufficiently large that it will need to be able to be hung on a wall. > > You heard it here first, folks, I don't think anyone else has ever proposed > reading tweets on a nixie display, it will go nicely with my friend and > ex-employee's teletype that he has wired up to twitter, very retro-tech. > Here's a photo of his teletype connected to one of our favorite ICB channels, > it really makes me think I need a teletype next in my retro tech collection. > Networked, of course. > > On 2011 Jun 17, at 16:45 , Terry S wrote: > >> I have a small number of B7971's surplus to my needs. I am offering >> them here before eBay. >> >> These are used tubes, but all I've tested so far have been 100% good. >> If you are interested or in need of tubes, shoot me an email with your >> offer. Buyer will pay USPS flat rate priority mail shipping plus a >> small amount to cover packing materials. US buyers only please. >> >> Payment terms will be cash, personal check (once cleared) or PayPal >> with buyer covering fees. >> >> All tubes will be tested, marked, and photographed before shipping. >> >> Please don't be offended if I don't answer your email right away -- I >> will take time to fairly weigh all offers. >> >> Terry >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
