[cctalk] Re: Nixies..

[Mark Linimon via cctalk]

> Kees Stravers, owner of the website about the Evoluon, reports that they were 
> scrapped when the museum closed in 1989.

boo.

mcl

[cctalk] Re: Nixies..

[Henk Gooijen via cctalk]

3 feet high is a bit too large, hi, but the pictures on the website brings back 
memories.
I remember the “coffee” machine, but back then (the way I remember it), it had 
vertically
mounted an X / Y slider to generate “coffee!”/ “coffee?” 

I know Kees, a few years ago I helped him a bit moving house after his mother 
died.
Last year I gave him a Siemens T1000 telex machine (5-bit) with reader/punch.
He wanted to set up an RTTY mailbox … must ask him how that went along.
He is a busy guy, I did not know the Evoluon website!


Van: Paul Koning
Verzonden: vrijdag 18 augustus 2023 15:14
Aan: cctalk@classiccmp.org
CC: Henk Gooijen
Onderwerp: Re: [cctalk] Nixies..



> On Aug 17, 2023, at 11:01 AM, Henk Gooijen via cctalk  
> wrote:
>
> Yes, I remember those “nixies”. When you entered the building it was 
> impossible to _not_ see them.
> If you walked under them, you ended up in the restaurant.
>
> The “do-things-yourself” museum is long gone, but the “UFO” saucer building 
> is still there.
> When I am in the office, I can see the building, looking out the window. My 
> work is less than 1 km away.
> I wonder if those “nixies” are still there, and if not, where they ended up …

Kees Stravers, owner of the website about the Evoluon, reports that they were 
scrapped when the museum closed in 1989.

You could of course reproduce them: they aren't actual Nixie tubes but rather a 
set of advertising sign type of neon lights, so any neon light craftsman could 
built such a thing.

paul

[cctalk] Re: Nixies..

[Paul Koning via cctalk]

> On Aug 17, 2023, at 11:01 AM, Henk Gooijen via cctalk  
> wrote:
> 
> Yes, I remember those “nixies”. When you entered the building it was 
> impossible to _not_ see them.
> If you walked under them, you ended up in the restaurant.
> 
> The “do-things-yourself” museum is long gone, but the “UFO” saucer building 
> is still there.
> When I am in the office, I can see the building, looking out the window. My 
> work is less than 1 km away.
> I wonder if those “nixies” are still there, and if not, where they ended up …

Kees Stravers, owner of the website about the Evoluon, reports that they were 
scrapped when the museum closed in 1989.

You could of course reproduce them: they aren't actual Nixie tubes but rather a 
set of advertising sign type of neon lights, so any neon light craftsman could 
built such a thing.

paul

[cctalk] Re: Nixies..

[Paul Koning via cctalk]

> On Aug 17, 2023, at 11:01 AM, Henk Gooijen via cctalk  
> wrote:
> 
> Yes, I remember those “nixies”. When you entered the building it was 
> impossible to _not_ see them.
> If you walked under them, you ended up in the restaurant.
> 
> The “do-things-yourself” museum is long gone, but the “UFO” saucer building 
> is still there.
> When I am in the office, I can see the building, looking out the window. My 
> work is less than 1 km away.
> I wonder if those “nixies” are still there, and if not, where they ended up …

I spent a lot of time in my high school days there, programming the PR8000 (24 
bit computer from Philips France) on the 2nd floor.

https://evoluon.dse.nl/index-e.html has a bunch of stuff.  I haven't found out 
what happened to those tubes.  https://evoluon.dse.nl/film-e.htm has a good 
photo of the tubes.  I'd say they are probably 6 feet high, judging by the 
windows behind them (which are the upper level of the circular base forming the 
lobby).

paul

[cctalk] Re: Nixies..

[Henk Gooijen via cctalk]

Yes, I remember those “nixies”. When you entered the building it was impossible 
to _not_ see them.
If you walked under them, you ended up in the restaurant.

The “do-things-yourself” museum is long gone, but the “UFO” saucer building is 
still there.
When I am in the office, I can see the building, looking out the window. My 
work is less than 1 km away.
I wonder if those “nixies” are still there, and if not, where they ended up …

Van: Paul Koning via cctalk<mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org>
Verzonden: donderdag 17 augustus 2023 15:26
Aan: cctalk@classiccmp.org<mailto:cctalk@classiccmp.org>
CC: Paul Koning<mailto:paulkon...@comcast.net>
Onderwerp: [cctalk] Re: Nixies..

Neat.  Their products are amazingly expensive, though.

Depending on your definition that might actually be the second largest.  
Philips built neon displays that visually look exactly like Nixie tubes that 
were much larger.  Those are technically different: a Nixie tube uses multiple 
electrodes shaped like the shapes you want, enclosed in a single gas-filled 
enclosure.  The big Philips displays are multiple regular neon discharge tubes 
(like the ones used on advertising signs) enclosed in a transparent shell 
shaped like a tube.

These were used at the Evoluon museum in Eindhoven for the daily visitor 
counter.  They were installed in the main hall, on the railing of the first 
balcony.  I'm not sure of their size, but I would guess 3 feet or so high.

paul

> On Aug 17, 2023, at 4:39 AM, Holm Tiffe via cctalk  
> wrote:
>
>
> ...only for a look..
>
> https://www.daliborfarny.com/project/h-nixie-tube/

[cctalk] Re: Nixies..

[Paul Koning via cctalk]

Neat.  Their products are amazingly expensive, though.

Depending on your definition that might actually be the second largest.  
Philips built neon displays that visually look exactly like Nixie tubes that 
were much larger.  Those are technically different: a Nixie tube uses multiple 
electrodes shaped like the shapes you want, enclosed in a single gas-filled 
enclosure.  The big Philips displays are multiple regular neon discharge tubes 
(like the ones used on advertising signs) enclosed in a transparent shell 
shaped like a tube.

These were used at the Evoluon museum in Eindhoven for the daily visitor 
counter.  They were installed in the main hall, on the railing of the first 
balcony.  I'm not sure of their size, but I would guess 3 feet or so high.

paul

> On Aug 17, 2023, at 4:39 AM, Holm Tiffe via cctalk  
> wrote:
> 
> 
> ...only for a look..
> 
> https://www.daliborfarny.com/project/h-nixie-tube/