I think Westdave was the first of our group to call them "bat nixies", back in the Yahoo days. I don't know if he coined the term or heard it elsewhere. I believe what little manufacturer literature can be found on them rather unimaginatively calls them "inverted display" tubes.
On Thursday, September 15, 2016 at 10:06:45 AM UTC-7, Jens Boos wrote: > > Now I don't know... I thin bat nixies is pretty cool, and for some reason > I have never heard that before. Funny! > > On 9/15/2016 10:56 AM, Roddy Scott wrote: > > I call them Australian tubes. Makes folk think too! > > On Wednesday, September 14, 2016 at 9:15:23 PM UTC+1, Nixcited delighted > wrote: >> >> Thanks Jens, a great help. I thought everyone called upside tubes bat >> nixies? >> >> >>> -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "neonixie-l" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/5992ccf6-7b7f-42a6-beb8-0fc6f145db0c%40googlegroups.com > > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/5992ccf6-7b7f-42a6-beb8-0fc6f145db0c%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/00647105-b187-4a40-9f38-0cb3766b6d57%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
