http://zedomax.com/blog/2007/03/23/nixie-tube-counter-taken-apart/ Zedomax - The DIY, HOWTO, Mod, Hacks, Gadgets, and Tech Blog! Mon, 23 Nov 2009 04:31:55 -0600 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 http://zedomax.com/blog/2007/03/23/nixie-tube-counter-taken-apart/comment-page-1/#comment-440094 JayDF Wed, 08 Apr 2009 16:08:16 +0000 http://zedomax.com/blog/2007/03/23/nixie-tube-counter-taken-apart/#comment-440094 I remember when I was a little kid (around 1967-1968), going to the Dr. and he had them check my white blood cell count. They took me down to a little lab, where a nurse took a little blood and put it in a small vial, then put the vial in front of a machine that was as big as a TV set. She inserted a little probe in the vial and hit "start" on the machine (the machine was already "warmed up" - full of vacuum tubes) and the Nixie display counted up from zero to, I don't know, about 11,000 or so. It seemed to take minutes to finish, I watched in awe as the different numbers would light up! Definately cool technology for the day. I remember when I was a little kid (around 1967-1968), going to the Dr. and he had them check my white blood cell count. They took me down to a little lab, where a nurse took a little blood and put it in a small vial, then put the vial in front of a machine that was as big as a TV set. She inserted a little probe in the vial and hit “start” on the machine (the machine was already “warmed up” – full of vacuum tubes) and the Nixie display counted up from zero to, I don’t know, about 11,000 or so. It seemed to take minutes to finish, I watched in awe as the different numbers would light up! Definately cool technology for the day.

]]> http://zedomax.com/blog/2007/03/23/nixie-tube-counter-taken-apart/comment-page-1/#comment-289374 Izl Wed, 29 Aug 2007 02:34:26 +0000 http://zedomax.com/blog/2007/03/23/nixie-tube-counter-taken-apart/#comment-289374 Never heard of those Never heard of those

]]> http://zedomax.com/blog/2007/03/23/nixie-tube-counter-taken-apart/comment-page-1/#comment-79055 max Fri, 23 Mar 2007 22:00:25 +0000 http://zedomax.com/blog/2007/03/23/nixie-tube-counter-taken-apart/#comment-79055 hmm....yeah that's weird... hmm….yeah that’s weird…

]]> http://zedomax.com/blog/2007/03/23/nixie-tube-counter-taken-apart/comment-page-1/#comment-79051 Andy Fri, 23 Mar 2007 21:37:47 +0000 http://zedomax.com/blog/2007/03/23/nixie-tube-counter-taken-apart/#comment-79051 Why are there two 8s? Why are there two 8s?

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