If at first you don’t succeed… monster vfds pt 2
Full-On FranLab!!!! Back to the drawing board and some hard learned lessons about the world's largest and most insane vacuum…
Nyet!!! monster soviet vacuum florescent display tubes!!
Oh, the Humanity! Weeks in the planning, and I am going to fire up these HUGE VFD tubes - the…
Viewer mail worth its weight in gold!!!
A lot of boxes have been piling up for a long time, so it is time to open them up…
When bright digital displays were mostly heat sink and awesome!
This interface was almost too much work even for me - but worth it. These high intensity incandescent 7-segment displays…
Oddball dumb terminal has a surprise inside!
A weird one that has fallen through the cracks of time, the Tesdata Systems Model 002-0354-00 whateveritis. If you know…
Bigass alphanumeric nixies conquer the earth!!!
Thanks to the generosity of Gerry Moersdorf the Burroughs B-7971 Alphanumeric Nixie Tube is put on display and made to…
Did the raytheon datastrobe ever really exist?
Unobtainium? Or just a boondoggle? I really would like to see even a photo of one of these monsters if…
The nixie that almost was – dialight neon conversion display
A very rare and audacious display - perhaps the only ones in existence now - I give you The Dialco…
Nixie fun with bcd switches!!!
Want a little nibble? Then these BCD switches are a real treat to have around! I bring out Big Iron…
Green neon?? now wait a minute!
I am very curious as to exactly what kind of gas mixture is used in these really tiny little green…