Oh how cool! There must be something about a small clear clock case with a set of 4-digit thumbwheels on the front. Something that gets into a person, and the only way to work with it is make it that way. Nice work! What all does "Colossus" do?
On Tuesday, December 16, 2025 at 7:55:06 AM UTC-5 Tom Katt wrote: > Was going through some old files and found photos of my very first Nixie > clock build from the 90's... Really more of a "re-assembly" than straight > up build - I had purchased a Systron Donner counter/timer from Surplus > Sales of Nebraska and basically took the innards and reformed it into a > clock display with acrylic I had cut at a local glass shop. I loved the > nasa-style illuminated push buttons and thumbwheel switches for setting the > time. I also tripped out an analog meter movement and used it as a > 'pendulum' that clicked with the seconds. Learned quite a bit along the > way. > > Also - just for fun - some shots of my 'wall computer' system in the lab > lol... > > [image: DSC00019.jpg][image: DSC00020.jpg] > > [image: DSC00017.jpg] > -- 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/94679570-5751-4b42-a6ca-8156d5618aebn%40googlegroups.com.
