I also witnessed this "awakening" process where the wire(s) would glow, but only with old top-view nixies. The test sequence on Pete's clock was switching too quickly between the cathodes to be efficient, so I hooked the nixies up manually to a 170V supply through an appropriate anode resistor. I also noticed that the nixies behaved differently depending on the light conditions : during the day, when the sun was up, I would witness less wire-glowing.
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