Re: [neonixie-l] Re: 1970s Minitron Project?

2017-08-12 Thread Nick
On Tuesday, 8 August 2017 20:00:20 UTC+4, iavine wrote: > > Cheers for those Nick, > > got to love those 1970's PCBs. Very rounded and, er, blobby. They follow > the illustration style of the time. > For those of us who are UK-based and of that era, "hoopy" is a word that springs to mind

[neonixie-l] Re: 1970s Minitron Project?

2017-08-09 Thread Nick
Elektor has been around since about 1965 - enormously popular - used to be all analogue but recently has become pretty much all digital/uP. They publish annual compendiums of all their circuits, including the bumper Summer editions which can have up to 100 projects. The main difference between

[neonixie-l] Re: 1970s Minitron Project?

2017-08-09 Thread Terry S
Wow, thanks for introducing me to Elektor. I wish I'd known about that magazine back in the day. A ton of great projects. Terry On Tuesday, August 8, 2017 at 11:59:39 PM UTC-5, Nick wrote: > > That was my best guess - someone else's turn now... > > Nick > -- You received this message because

[neonixie-l] Re: 1970s Minitron Project?

2017-08-08 Thread Nick
That was my best guess - someone else's turn now... Nick -- 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 post to this

[neonixie-l] Re: 1970s Minitron Project?

2017-08-08 Thread Mitch
Thanks, Nick. That one is close, but the one I'm looking for had a two digit display, and it was built on two breadboards. -- 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

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: 1970s Minitron Project?

2017-08-08 Thread 'Ian Vine' via neonixie-l
Cheers for those Nick, got to love those 1970's PCBs. Very rounded and, er, blobby. They follow the illustration style of the time. Ian On Tuesday, 8 August 2017, 16:43, Nick wrote: I think this may be the clock Elektor published in 1975 - it could use either

[neonixie-l] Re: 1970s Minitron Project?

2017-08-08 Thread Nick
I think this may be the clock Elektor published in 1975 - it could use either Mintoron or LED displays. I've uploaded the two copies of Elektor to the group's library at https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0B93DAeV7sPGsc1hfaTZrMG9ZS3c

[neonixie-l] Re: 1970s Minitron Project?

2017-08-08 Thread Mitch
> > Thanks, John. The clock definitely used 7400 series logic. I remember > soldering in the chips without sockets because I couldn't afford them at > the time. > I'll keep looking. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To