I think these may have been used in market scales. Some items sold by the
1/2 pound.
On Tuesday, August 22, 2023 at 10:57:05 PM UTC-5 Terry Kennedy wrote:
> On Tuesday, August 22, 2023 at 4:29:52 AM UTC-4 Jon wrote:
>
> Guessing they might've been used in petrol (gasoline) pump price displays?
> I have a childhood memory of watching what I now know to be a numitron
> display on the pump with a 1/2 oscillating on and off as the total mounted.
> Back when a 1/2p was actually a relevant concept with a physical coin too...
>
>
> Up until around 5 years ago, my local cheap gas / truck stop place still
> used Numitron displays on their diesel pumps. Some time between then and
> now they upgraded them to LCD displays to match the gasoline pumps.
>
> In various out-of-the-way places in the US there are still digit-wheel
> type pumps with handwritten signs under the glass saying things like
> "Multiply displayed price by 5". In more populated areas the Weights &
> Measures ("scale police") people normally won't certify those.
>
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