Nixie tubes! Nixie tubes!

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Nixie tubes! Nixie tubes!

Tom Brosz — 1/15/2006 7:39:18 PM (archived)

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History and Timeline of PHOTO-Etched circuts? - carl - 1/12/2006 9:18:50 PM
- HEY WHO RESURRECTED THIS? - Lindy - 2/23/2008 10:27:42 PM
  - The word "foxjet" is better than a sticky. - alcaray - 10/27/2008 5:15:15 PM
  - 2 noobs... - Nick Hoffman - 10/1/2008 3:22:03 AM
  - Well, - RNE - 9/30/2008 8:32:47 PM
- Why I like the Habitablezone - dtb - 1/16/2006 3:49:23 AM
  - HZ was constructed in part to stave off the development of Alzheimer's in the elderly Boom. - Mary Anne - 5/19/2006 4:55:43 PM
    - The HABITABLE ZONE GAME!!!!!!! - carl - 5/30/2006 7:43:58 PM
  - HZ, what the HECK did I start Here? - carl - 1/17/2006 6:32:43 PM
    - The poking of the Geezer memory. - RNE - 1/18/2006 2:25:22 PM
    - re: Windows 2095-VR - Bill gates - 1/17/2006 11:28:59 PM
      - USB Compliant? - carl - 1/19/2006 5:52:23 PM
        
        Just be sure your computer has at least 64 terrabytes of memory... - Larry J - 1/20/2006 1:37:32 AM
        
        but even with that power - tony - 1/20/2006 5:45:29 AM
        
        And... - Larry J - 1/20/2006 2:17:30 PM
- Cell phones and no cable TV - LJK - 1/13/2006 4:46:26 PM
  - I remember watching the White Sox on a black and white tv...With a big "cable box" tuned to channel 44... - Scott Evil - 1/18/2006 8:42:29 AM
    - re: I remember watching the White Sox on a black and white tv...With a big "cable box" tuned to channel 44... - REB - 5/30/2006 7:44:50 PM
    - Jack Brickhouse, calling the Cubs games, on WGN (Channel 9) (n/t) - Fox - 5/21/2006 4:24:13 AM
  - Stop, you're killing me! - Robert - 1/14/2006 2:47:53 AM
    - " I worked on hard drives as big as washing machines" - Lindy - 1/16/2006 4:25:11 AM
      - Now if only... - Fox - 1/16/2006 5:13:23 AM
        
        Imagine what the equivalent of an mini I-pod would have looked like 25 years ago - R.L. - 1/19/2006 6:26:04 AM
        
        It was called a Juke Box ;8^/ (n/t) - RNE - 1/19/2006 5:30:55 PM
        
        Clothed for the Winter - LJK - 1/16/2006 5:18:43 PM
    - You're not the only fogey in these parts - Fox - 1/15/2006 6:40:55 PM
      - Roof-mounted antennas - Mary Anne - 5/19/2006 5:04:20 PM
        
        re: Roof-mounted antennas - Fox - 5/21/2006 3:38:58 AM
      - " still have my first portable "transistor radio" -- Silvertone, circa 1961' - Lindy - 5/19/2006 2:12:47 AM
        
        Scorpio, actually - Fox - 5/21/2006 3:27:06 AM
        
        Sagittarius here. - Lindy - 5/21/2006 3:58:01 AM
      - It shar is pleasant sittin har in the sun recollecken 'bout the good ole days, ain't it? - Robert - 1/15/2006 10:09:55 PM
        
        Holy Shit! "Those were the days.............." - Lindy - 1/16/2006 4:49:22 AM
        
        Heinlein and the future - Tom Brosz - 1/15/2006 11:17:03 PM
        
        re: Heinlein and the future - Fox - 1/16/2006 4:42:01 AM
        
        Tricorders - ljk - 5/23/2006 6:30:02 PM
        
        My calculator - Tom Brosz - 1/15/2006 11:22:43 PM
        
        re: My calculator - Elisee Reclus - 5/18/2006 12:53:48 AM
        
        "the great HP28 fiasco " - Daniel - 5/21/2006 5:51:21 AM
        
        re: "the great HP28 fiasco " - ER - 5/23/2006 3:30:52 AM
        
        re: My calculator - Robert - 1/16/2006 12:44:44 AM
        
        Ever ask an old calculator how to divide a number by zero? - LJK - 1/16/2006 5:16:33 PM
        
        re: Ever ask an old calculator to divide by zero? - Fox - 5/21/2006 3:34:36 AM
        
        Calculators - Tom Brosz - 1/16/2006 6:55:49 PM
      - First real computer - Tom Brosz - 1/15/2006 7:37:00 PM
        
        re: First real computer - LJK - 1/16/2006 5:40:00 PM
        
        That $13,400 in 1985... - Larry J - 1/16/2006 4:03:18 PM
        
        My guess: ACAD 2.0 - Fox - 1/16/2006 5:40:42 AM
        
        Bingo! - Tom Brosz - 1/17/2006 7:29:39 AM
        
        Geeks Rule! - Robert - 1/15/2006 9:22:13 PM
        
        The bad news... - Tom Brosz - 1/15/2006 11:07:54 PM
        
        re: The bad news... - Larry J - 1/16/2006 4:13:47 PM
        
        Good news as well as bad - Robert - 1/16/2006 6:39:00 PM
        
        Being a geek isn't so god-like anymore - dtb - 1/16/2006 3:37:28 AM
        
        "at least a wash." - Robert - 1/15/2006 11:55:31 PM
        
        re: individualizing CAD - Fox - 1/16/2006 4:58:12 AM
        
        re: individualizing CAD - SDG - 1/17/2006 3:59:23 PM
        
        AutoCAD - Tom Brosz - 1/16/2006 4:29:46 AM
    - re: Stop, you're killing me! - SDG - 1/14/2006 4:34:06 AM
  - Before solid-state, TVs and radios "wore out" over time. - alcaray - 1/13/2006 4:57:22 PM
    - PEP BOYS tube testers and Sat Morns,,,, - carl - 1/13/2006 5:12:08 PM
      - re: PEP BOYS tube testers and Sat Morns,,,, - LJK - 1/13/2006 5:34:10 PM
    - re: Before solid-state, TVs and radios "wore out" over time. - LJK - 1/13/2006 5:04:25 PM
      - That $100 calculator - Robert - 1/14/2006 2:23:13 AM
        
        Nixie tubes! Nixie tubes! (n/t) - Tom Brosz - 1/15/2006 7:39:18 PM
        
        Oh yes, Nixie tubes - Robert - 1/15/2006 8:54:23 PM
        
        Had both the baby blue and mustard/khaki... - SDAI-Tech1 - 1/14/2006 8:13:31 PM
        
        Yeah, that's the one - Robert - 1/15/2006 9:34:56 PM
        
        re: Yeah, that's the one - SDAI-Tech1 - 1/15/2006 11:11:37 PM
  - Time shifting and ONE PHONE in HOUSE!!!!!! - carl - 1/13/2006 4:55:25 PM
    - Try party lines! - Larry J - 1/13/2006 6:03:12 PM
      - Tin Toys from JAPAN - carl - 1/13/2006 6:32:04 PM
        
        Reel to reels, cassettes & 8-tracks - Larry J - 1/14/2006 12:51:44 AM
        
        MAD Man MUNTZ and 4-tracks!!!! - carl - 1/17/2006 7:17:44 PM
        
        Oooh! Oooh! I know! Ask me! - Robert - 1/14/2006 2:15:50 AM
        
        The title of Bill Lear's autobiography was "They Said It Couldn't Be Done" - Larry J - 1/14/2006 8:56:26 PM
        
        re: The title of Bill Lear's autobiography was "They Said It Couldn't Be Done" - Robert - 1/15/2006 10:26:20 PM
        
        Yes, Bill Lear of "Learjet" fame was also famous for inventing the 8-track. - Tom Brosz - 1/14/2006 7:48:30 PM
        
        Ah, Foxjet, aeronautical vaporware! - Larry J - 1/17/2006 12:31:21 AM
        
        re: Foxjet - Tom Brosz - 1/20/2006 1:09:28 AM
        
        re: Foxjet - mia - 7/31/2007 6:24:22 PM
        
        re: Foxjet - mia - 7/31/2007 6:24:14 PM
        
        re: Foxjet - mia - 7/31/2007 6:24:07 PM
        
        re: Foxjet - mia - 7/31/2007 6:23:58 PM
        
        re: Foxjet - Russ - 5/17/2006 3:58:17 AM
        
        re: Foxjet - Jim - 3/6/2006 9:32:49 PM
        
        re: Foxjet - Herman Lueckenotte - 6/3/2006 5:52:44 PM
        
        re: Foxjet - Russ - 5/17/2006 3:54:41 AM
        
        re: Foxjet - Tom Brosz - 5/17/2006 7:36:23 AM
        
        re: Foxjet - Russell Emanis - 5/17/2006 2:31:12 PM
        
        re: Foxjet - Ernest - 5/24/2006 9:33:54 PM
        
        re: Foxjet - Russ - 5/24/2006 9:40:37 PM
        
        re: Foxjet - Ernest - 5/25/2006 3:56:54 AM
        
        re: Foxjet - Tom Brosz - 5/19/2006 3:01:27 AM
        
        re: Foxjet - Russ - 5/19/2006 4:01:38 AM
        
        Is that you Tom? - Lindy - 5/19/2006 3:20:12 AM
        
        Nah. No idea who that is. - Tom Brosz - 5/19/2006 11:47:56 PM
        
        re: Nah. No idea who that is. - Lindy - 5/20/2006 4:09:56 AM
        
        Plaid suit - Tom Brosz - 5/20/2006 4:58:41 PM
        
        re: Foxjet - Jim - 5/17/2006 2:45:28 PM
        
        re: Foxjet - Russ - 5/18/2006 4:46:45 AM
        
        Foxjet Development - Barry Marshall - 6/1/2006 10:33:46 PM
        
        re: Foxjet Development - Rick Thoennes - 10/27/2008 11:48:24 AM
        
        re: Foxjet Development - Rick Thoennes - 10/27/2008 11:48:09 AM
        
        re: Foxjet Development - Roger Houtsma - 2/23/2008 3:44:10 PM
        
        re: Foxjet Development - jo ann opacic - 7/21/2007 5:07:47 PM
        
        Hi Joanne - Lindy - 7/22/2007 2:52:53 AM
        
        re: Foxjet Development - Larry Gray - 11/11/2006 3:31:21 PM
        
        re: Foxjet Development - elliot borin - 10/4/2006 1:05:40 AM
        
        re: Foxjet Development - Herman Lueckenotte - 6/3/2006 6:21:10 PM
        
        re: Foxjet Development - Barry Marshall - 6/3/2006 7:56:19 PM
        
        re: Foxjet - Jim - 5/29/2006 9:47:49 PM
        
        re: Foxjet - RKJ - 9/30/2008 5:26:19 AM
        
        Nostalgia for 1980s Technology - ljk - 5/23/2006 12:40:13 AM

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