In the distant past I have aquired boards of 'BAT' tubes (mostly Mullard) which came from Avery Scales which had a readout 'both sides' - one for the customer and one for the counter staff - I have no idea of date though. That being said, i can find no evidence whatsoever that Avery ever made such a thing :-( -Richard
On Tuesday, 25 February 2025 at 01:48:25 UTC J Forbes wrote: > Avery 1780 appears to be Panaplex display, and Avery claims it was their > first digital scale, in 1971. > > I would expect the cost of driving Nixies to be prohibitive for household > kitchen scales in the 1960s. Good luck in your search, hopefully something > turns up. > > > On Monday, February 24, 2025 at 6:02:54 PM UTC-7 Terry S wrote: > >> Never seen one. >> However I have seen Hobart store/deli scales with VFD tubes. I still have >> some Hobart branded tubes. >> >> On Monday, February 24, 2025 at 5:06:57 AM UTC-5 Terry Gains wrote: >> >>> Hi Group, >>> >>> Looking for information regarding kitchen scales with nixie displays. >>> >>> Makes, models and pictures please if you know of any.. >>> >>> I'm pretty sure Avery offered nixie kitchen scales in the mid 70s, but >>> there is no readily available information about them. >>> >>> kind regards, >>> Terry ZL1NOW >>> >> -- 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, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/77297f48-8317-4a8d-9603-9bf3831a7ae8n%40googlegroups.com.
