My story as as follows
When I was young I lived near Brunswick Ave and Bloor St in Toronto Canada. There was a fried chicken place on the corner which closed and was replaced by a frozen yogurt place. They had a sign made up using B7971 tubes which said " sorry, out of chicken" in their window. That was the first time I ever saw a nixie tube. Fast forward 15 years and I finished university and got the electronics bug and starting making digital clocks including the one next my bed still working after 40 years. I got the nixie bug and started building clocks with them as well. I go to ham-fests all over looking for interesting stuff that I can use. About 4 years ago I found a desk-top Sony calc which was nixie and works well. It joined my already large collection of vintage desk-top calcs including a 1960's era WANG Labs engineering one with nixie keyboard for input, electronics package in a small suitcase and printer which used spark erosion on aluminized paper. I went back looking for that yogurt place but it and the sign are long gone.
Phil
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