I used to work on Canon machines for my father's business in the '70s. They were mostly 12 or 14 digit. I wonder why they used so many digits in an era when they were so expensive ? 8 or maybe 10 seemed to be enough in the LED era.
On Mon, Oct 3, 2022 at 9:39 AM Dave ZL3FJ <2c...@silverbears.nz> wrote: > Good work-very space age looking. > > But here’s a Burroughs original - all 16 digits of it….. from the 1960s, > IIRC. > > DaveB, NZ > > > > *From:* neonixie-l@googlegroups.com [mailto:neonixie-l@googlegroups.com] *On > Behalf Of *newxito > *Sent:* Monday, October 03, 2022 20:59 > *To:* neonixie-l > *Subject:* Re: [neonixie-l] Re: 14-digit nixie calculator project with > clock function > > > > No worries, this is a strictly limited edition, this thing is serial > number 1 of 1 :-) > I cheated a little bit; I just modified the original case and connected > the display part with a metal tube. > > -- > 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 neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/2f3a95ac-b6d1-4ca2-b956-5b063aeab739n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/2f3a95ac-b6d1-4ca2-b956-5b063aeab739n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > -- > 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 neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/008901d8d703%2495d07510%24c1715f30%24%40silverbears.nz > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/008901d8d703%2495d07510%24c1715f30%24%40silverbears.nz?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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 neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/CALiMYrsWzmVYiiOYo9_9KBRO6U9ahQ7kjNLjipS-wX82N-jHkg%40mail.gmail.com.
