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Re: Nixie tube calculator readout?

From	Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com>
Newsgroups	alt.folklore.computers
Subject	Re: Nixie tube calculator readout?
Date	2019-12-06 19:50 -0500
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JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> writes:

> On Fri, 06 Dec 2019 09:50:56 -0500, Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>>scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) writes:
>>
>>> Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> writes:
>>>>scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) writes:
>>>>
>>>>> hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com writes:
>>>>>>Here is a 1970 ad for a calculator.  Was the screen
>>>>>>using Nixie tubes to display the results?
>>>>>>
>>>>>>https://archive.org/details/Nations-Business-1970-07/page/n8
>>>>>
>>>>> Those look more like the score wheels on a pinball machine.
>>>>
>>>>Not to me.
>>>>
>>>>I claim expert status, I own 3 pinball machines.
>>>
>>> I own two, both 1969 vintage.
>>
>>That's pretty old.  I think my 2 old ones are mid-70s.
>>Aztec, Jacks Open, and one solid state, Silverball Mania.
>
> I've seen a few on the pickers show on History channel. The ones they
> found awhile back had only springs, no electrical parts of any kind.

I've seen them, wouldn't waste my time on them.
They were really gambling devices.

-- 
Dan Espen

Thread

Nixie tube calculator readout? hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2019-12-05 12:32 -0800
  Re: Nixie tube calculator readout? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2019-12-05 20:47 +0000
    Re: Nixie tube calculator readout? Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2019-12-05 17:14 -0500
      Re: Nixie tube calculator readout? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2019-12-05 23:09 +0000
        Re: Nixie tube calculator readout? durgadas311@gmail.com - 2019-12-05 15:21 -0800
          Re: Nixie tube calculator readout? durgadas311@gmail.com - 2019-12-05 15:26 -0800
            Re: Nixie tube calculator readout? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2019-12-06 14:38 +0000
        Re: Nixie tube calculator readout? hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2019-12-06 13:14 -0800
        Re: Nixie tube calculator readout? drb@ihatespam.msu.edu (Dennis Boone) - 2019-12-11 15:40 -0600
          Re: Nixie tube calculator readout? durgadas311@gmail.com - 2019-12-11 16:23 -0800
            Re: Nixie tube calculator readout? Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2019-12-12 00:07 -0800
              Re: Nixie tube calculator readout? durgadas311@gmail.com - 2019-12-12 03:43 -0800
          Re: Nixie tube calculator readout? hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2019-12-12 10:58 -0800
      Re: Nixie tube calculator readout? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2019-12-06 14:35 +0000
        Re: Nixie tube calculator readout? Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2019-12-06 09:50 -0500
          Re: Nixie tube calculator readout? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2019-12-06 15:30 +0000
            Re: Nixie tube calculator readout? Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2019-12-06 11:03 -0500
              Re: Nixie tube calculator readout? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2019-12-06 18:22 +0000
                Re: Nixie tube calculator readout? Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2019-12-06 19:49 -0500
              Re: Nixie tube calculator readout? JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> - 2019-12-06 13:15 -0600
                Re: Nixie tube calculator readout? Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2019-12-06 19:56 -0500
                Re: Nixie tube calculator readout? JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> - 2019-12-07 11:07 -0600
                Re: Nixie tube calculator readout? Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2019-12-07 14:58 -0500
          Re: Nixie tube calculator readout? Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2019-12-06 12:40 -0500
            Re: Nixie tube calculator readout? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2019-12-06 18:33 +0000
            Re: Nixie tube calculator readout? Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2019-12-06 19:39 -0500
              Re: Nixie tube calculator readout? Charlie Gibbs <cgibbs@kltpzyxm.invalid> - 2019-12-07 19:33 +0000
                Re: Nixie tube calculator readout? Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2019-12-07 15:38 -0500
          Re: Nixie tube calculator readout? JimP <solosam90@gmail.com> - 2019-12-06 13:12 -0600
            Re: Nixie tube calculator readout? Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2019-12-06 19:50 -0500
      Re: Nixie tube calculator readout? Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2019-12-06 12:36 -0500
        Re: Nixie tube calculator readout? Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2019-12-06 19:19 -0500
          Re: Nixie tube calculator readout? Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2019-12-07 15:09 -0500
            Re: Nixie tube calculator readout? Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2019-12-07 17:44 -0500
              Re: Nixie tube calculator readout? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2019-12-08 17:00 +0000
              Re: Nixie tube calculator readout? Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2019-12-08 13:51 -0500
                Re: Nixie tube calculator readout? Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2019-12-08 14:38 -0500
          Re: Nixie tube calculator readout? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2019-12-08 17:00 +0000
      Re: Pinball machines Nixie tube calculator readout? hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2019-12-06 13:12 -0800
        Re: Pinball machines Nixie tube calculator readout? J. Clarke <jclarke.873638@gmail.com> - 2019-12-06 17:17 -0500
        Re: Pinball machines Nixie tube calculator readout? Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2019-12-06 19:58 -0500
          Re: Pinball machines Nixie tube calculator readout? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2019-12-08 16:48 +0000
          Re: Pinball machines Nixie tube calculator readout? hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2019-12-09 13:44 -0800
            Re: Pinball machines Nixie tube calculator readout? Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2019-12-09 19:20 -0500
              Re: Pinball machines Nixie tube calculator readout? Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2019-12-10 14:11 -0500
                Re: Pinball machines Nixie tube calculator readout? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2019-12-10 19:26 +0000
                Re: Pinball machines Nixie tube calculator readout? Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2019-12-10 19:02 -0500
                Re: Pinball machines Nixie tube calculator readout? "Kerr-Mudd,John" <notsaying@invalid.org> - 2019-12-11 10:55 +0000
                Re: Pinball machines Nixie tube calculator readout? Andreas Kohlbach <ank@spamfence.net> - 2019-12-11 14:04 -0500
                Re: Pinball machines Nixie tube calculator readout? "Kerr-Mudd,John" <notsaying@invalid.org> - 2019-12-11 19:30 +0000
                Re: Pinball machines Nixie tube calculator readout? Gene Wirchenko <gene@shaw.ca> - 2019-12-11 21:02 -0800
              Re: Pinball machines Nixie tube calculator readout? hancock4@bbs.cpcn.com - 2019-12-11 11:50 -0800
                Re: Pinball machines Nixie tube calculator readout? scott@slp53.sl.home (Scott Lurndal) - 2019-12-11 21:30 +0000
                Re: Pinball machines Nixie tube calculator readout? Dan Espen <dan1espen@gmail.com> - 2019-12-11 18:35 -0500
  Re: Nixie tube calculator readout? Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2019-12-06 10:51 -0800
    Re: Nixie tube calculator readout? Quadibloc <jsavard@ecn.ab.ca> - 2019-12-11 04:37 -0800

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