Those are Neon bulbs (NE2A) driven by vacuum tubes (5963).

/Martin

On Monday, 19 July 2021 at 20:43:33 UTC+2 Bartek Ogryz wrote:

> I wonder, what kind of display is that? I've never seen one like this.
>
> poniedziaƂek, 19 lipca 2021 o 17:40:28 UTC+2 [email protected] 
> napisaƂ(a):
>
>> You don't like it laced with waxed cotton ?
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Jul 19, 2021 at 12:15 PM Joe Croft <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>>> How I love point to point wiring! PCBs can never replace the beauty of 
>>> equipment like that!
>>>
>>> -joe
>>>
>>> On Sun, 2021-07-18 at 18:14 -0700, Instrument Resources of America wrote:
>>>
>>> For those of you who asked. Pic No 1 of the 'hand wired underside of the 
>>>
>>> Beckman 7360 EPUT  meter'. For the younger folks here. Every single 
>>>
>>> thing you see in this pic and subsequent ones to follow was put there by 
>>>
>>> a human being. All of the parts and components, all of the wires, every 
>>>
>>> single solder connection done by human hands.  No automation what so 
>>>
>>> ever. No pick and place machines, no wave soldering of P.C. boards, no 
>>>
>>> automated wire wrapping etc.  ALL hand placed, hand wired, and hand 
>>>
>>> soldered.  By the way, all of our home entertainment electronics up to 
>>>
>>> about the late fifties, early sixties was done just like this, all 
>>>
>>> radios, televisions, stereos, phonographs, were all done by hand.  Any 
>>>
>>> questions just ask and I'll try to answer as best as I can.  Who here 
>>>
>>> can spot the small handful of solid state devices in this pic? Old 
>>>
>>> timers, need not reply to this question!!  More to follow.       Ira.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> On 7/18/2021 11:47 AM, Instrument Resources of America wrote:
>>>
>>> It lives again.  Beckman Berkeley model 7360 Events Per Unit Time 
>>>
>>> (E.P.U.T.) meter and timer, that I recently restored to operational 
>>>
>>> condition. See the photo.   One of those fun projects that I enjoy 
>>>
>>> doing, every now and then, is to restore vintage test gear.  This time 
>>>
>>> it contained neon, and thought the group might like to see it.  100% 
>>>
>>> vacuum tube circuitry, plus neon displays. Hope all enjoy, comments 
>>>
>>> welcome. Now where is that vintage Tektronix 514D oscilloscope??????.  
>>>
>>> Off in the distance I see an HP 522 frequency counter, with vacuum 
>>>
>>> tubes and similar neon displays.       Ira.
>>>
>>>
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