29 Aug
2008
29 Aug
'08
7:29 a.m.
On Thursday 28 August 2008 23:29, Ethan Dicks wrote:
Hi, All,
I was recently watching "Goldfinger" and oggling the countdown timer
on the bomb. I don't think I've ever seen that type of display
technology up close, but in principle, it shouldn't be hard to
replicate.
<http://www.vintagecalculators.com/html/calculator_displays.html#Incandesce
nt>
Interesting site. That "stylus" calculator shown on there was probably my
first computing device ever. :-)
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