mdj wrote:
Michael J. Mahon wrote:So with nothing but glass and wires it was both a decade counter and a display! Anyone old enough to remember those?I not only remember them--I *used* them and I *have* one! The name escapes me at the moment..."dekatron" comes to mind...A dekatron "spinner" has been on my list of weekend projects for ages - as it would look really cool on the workbench. All I have to do is locate a dekatron...
Hey! Good idea, Matt! I think I'll build one when I next find my tube. ;-) It'll go nicely with the BCD LED clock. ;-) -michael NadaNet networking for Apple II computers! Home page: http://members.aol.com/MJMahon/ "The wastebasket is our most important design tool--and it's seriously underused."