30 Mar
2007
30 Mar
'07
10:58 a.m.
On 3/30/07, Chuck Guzis <cclist at sydex.com> wrote:
On 30 Mar 2007 at 0:00, Steve Thatcher wrote:
It would be sensitive to the light in the room, wouldn't it? ISTR
there was some note somewhere about the avalanche voltage on a neon
bulb being affected by swings in ambient light, but as this stuff is s
bit before my era, I could easily be wrong.
-ethan
it was the 1967 issue of Electronics Illustrated
that was sold on eBay (not Radio-Electronics)
I remember reading that article when it came out. I recall the neon-
bulb ring counters--they looked like a nightmare to get right and
something that would eventually require more tweaking as the bulbs
aged.