Re: Nixie clocks: possibly an AH clock?


Jack Denver wrote:
> Not only did Nixie clocks not exist in the tube era, they didn't exist in
> the transistor era either. For that matter, they have never existed, to
> this day, as commercial products in the usual sense - mostly they are put
> together by hobbyists - even the ones sold as pre-assembled clocks are
> "craft built". In that sense, they hearken back to an eariler era when a
> clock maker would often not only build the clock case but also would make
> his own clockworks to put inside.
>

Yes, the Nixie tube display was replaced by much cheaper and lower
power LED, flourescent and LCD displays.

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