6 Oct
2012
6 Oct
'12
9:38 a.m.
On 10/05/2012 11:58 PM, Brent Hilpert wrote:
- Beckman: typically just 2 or 3 digits per envelope,
used more in
instruments and the like,
such as clocks where 2-digit modules could be spaced for the H M S.
IIRC, the Heathkit clock and so on used Beckman modules.
Mid-70s, fairly common.
Aha, that triggered a memory - those are the ones that I have in storage
overseas, not Burroughs.
I think the last common use for them was in retail gas
pumps, where they
were used from the mid-late-70s till when? - mid-90s or so? My guess is
these were Beckman types.
That seems to tie in with the suspected source of mine, then (although mine
are in the UK, but no reason to assume that they didn't use similar
technology).
I'm surprised that they lasted into the 90s, though.
cheers
Jules