11 Jul
2007
11 Jul
'07
6:29 p.m.
On 11 Jul 2007, at 20:22, Chuck Guzis wrote:
I know it's off-topic a bit, but I stumbled on
this clock using neon
bulbs for counters and nixies for display. No vacuum tubes--just
caps, resistors, diodes and neon.
http://wwwhome.cs.utwente.nl/~ptdeboer/ham/neonclock/
OMG! That's GORGEOUS.
My era of "historical" computing interest is 6502-onwards, NeXTstep
and SGI, but that photo is enough to make me consider breaking out a
soldering iron.
Stroller.