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| From | jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> |
| Newsgroups | comp.arch, alt.folklore.computers |
| Subject | Re: Solving the Floating-Point Goldilocks Problem! |
| Date | 8 Sep 2011 14:10:04 GMT |
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sidd wrote: > On Wednesday 07 September 2011 10:05, Huge wrote: > >> It had Nixie tubes, and I've wanted a Nixie tube clock ever >> since. >> >> [Sighs nostalgically some more]. >> > > i once had a very,very,very sensitive ohmmeter with Nixie tube > display, designed to measure large numbers of ohms. i could > stand on a ladder to the head of the cryostat and run a probe past > a rail of a hundred connections or so, and watch the display on the > rack across the room and if i had any leakage at all, the whole > display would flash...if the display remained dark i would laff > like a maniac since that meant i would not have to warm up the > cryostat and find and fix the short...which sometimes had the > orrible habit of disappearing at room temperature... > What a kewl lab. How did you find the disappearing shorts? /BAH
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Re: Solving the Floating-Point Goldilocks Problem! jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2011-09-08 14:10 +0000
Re: Solving the Floating-Point Goldilocks Problem! sidd <sidd@situ.com> - 2011-09-08 14:08 -0400
Re: Solving the Floating-Point Goldilocks Problem! jmfbahciv <See.above@aol.com> - 2011-09-09 15:21 +0000
Re: Solving the Floating-Point Goldilocks Problem! "Rod Speed" <rod.speed.aaa@gmail.com> - 2011-09-10 06:00 +1000
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