Bob the Unbeliever
Well-Known Member
I found this video from one of my favorite YouTubers.
He speaks of a manufacturer who has not only re-created a nixie clock, they have started remanufacturing the defunct Nixie Tubes, as new stock.
I have always been fascinated by nixie tubes myself, a cold cathode numerical display method, that dates back to the 1960s computing and other uses. I seem to recall, the Russians of that era, built a 10-based computer that used these things. Yes--- not binary, not hexadecimal, but base 10.
Anyway, here's the video:
He speaks of a manufacturer who has not only re-created a nixie clock, they have started remanufacturing the defunct Nixie Tubes, as new stock.
I have always been fascinated by nixie tubes myself, a cold cathode numerical display method, that dates back to the 1960s computing and other uses. I seem to recall, the Russians of that era, built a 10-based computer that used these things. Yes--- not binary, not hexadecimal, but base 10.
Anyway, here's the video: