Interesting to see that it was not exactly fit-for-purpose. At leas if he lived in Germany. 110V / 60 Hz as built vs. 220V / 50 Hz as it should have been. The 220V to 110V conversion could be easily managed through the ubiquitous autoformer, but if the clock used the line frequency for time keeping, well...
On Monday, September 28, 2020 at 9:35:02 AM UTC-3 dixter wrote: > I could tell you so so many stories about Bucy... he changed the > computer history without even planning it or knowing how far reaching his > decisions where at the time... the time frame was when computers where > being invented and microsoft inventing DOS and Apple still in the garage > stages... > > On Monday, September 28, 2020 at 7:03:44 AM UTC-5 Alex wrote: > >> For the somewhat wealthy historically minded collector... >> On Monday, 28 September 2020 at 06:17:33 UTC+1 Dekatron42 wrote: >> >>> Check out this auction: >>> >>> >>> https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Texas-Instruments-Nixie-Tube-Clock-TID-Dedication-1970-Deutschland-GMBH/114432471767?hash=item1aa4b4f2d7:g:ouEAAOSwg6JfcSRY >>> >>> /Martin >>> >> -- 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 view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/b1639b45-2867-4a7a-b144-9015ca245bdbn%40googlegroups.com.
