[neonixie-l] "The clock that cost its inventor millions"

2018-11-18 Thread GCNige
Interesting early Nixie clock - https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-humber-46252838 - Nige -- 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

Re: [neonixie-l] Nice purchase for anyone interested in unusual single digit vfd tunes

2020-04-23 Thread GCNige
Out of interest http://vintagecalculators.com/html/calculator_displays.html#VFD explains the origin of these tubes with unusually shaped digits: "In June 1967 the journal "Electronics" reported that Japanese calculator manufacturers were battling the high royalties that Burroughs Corporation

[neonixie-l] Re: Tubes that turn it up to eleven: Hivac XN-2

2021-09-04 Thread GCNige
, September 4, 2021 at 6:15:03 PM UTC+1 GCNige wrote: > [image: Comptometer_10.jpg][image: ComptometerLsd_1a.jpg] > > On Saturday, September 4, 2021 at 1:27:44 PM UTC+1 w...@kitsunegari.net > wrote: > >> That 0 of the 10 looks quite odd. Is it made using 2 cathodes? >>

Re: [neonixie-l] Displays in the real world....

2023-08-21 Thread GCNige
There are a couple of photographs of the electronics inside a Genie 247 calculator at http://vintagecalculators.com/html/betting-shop_calculators.html Regards, Nigel On Monday, August 21, 2023 at 2:27:49 AM UTC+1 Audrey wrote: > Yes those Genie calculators have pandicon displays, I've been

[neonixie-l] Re: identification request :unknown edge lite displays

2022-05-08 Thread GCNige
Similar displays are used in the Canon Canola 130S desktop calculator from the late 1960s, described at http://vintagecalculators.com/html/canon_canola_130s.html Regards, Nigel On Sunday, May 8, 2022 at 7:07:46 PM UTC+1 Bogdan Paduraru wrote: > [image: Edge n6.jpg] > > > [image: edge