Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!steinmetz!nyfca1!brspyr1!davef From: davef@brspyr1.BRS.Com (Dave Fiske) Newsgroups: sci.electronics,talk.bizarre Subject: Re: "Magic Eye" tubes Message-ID: <1384@brspyr1.BRS.Com> Date: Mon, 13-Jul-87 12:40:46 EDT Article-I.D.: brspyr1.1384 Posted: Mon Jul 13 12:40:46 1987 Date-Received: Tue, 14-Jul-87 07:01:27 EDT References: <1495@frog.UUCP> <35ffa63b.b8ab@apollo.uucp> <6@spar.SPAR.SLB.COM> <1004@speech1.cs.cmu.edu> Organization: BRS Info Technologies, Latham NY Lines: 29 Summary: I'm a 33-year-old fossil Xref: mnetor sci.electronics:956 talk.bizarre:2449 In article <1004@speech1.cs.cmu.edu>, phd@speech1.cs.cmu.edu (Paul Dietz) writes: > What exactly is a "Magic Eye" tube? (I think I'm showing my age, or lack > thereof...) > Overheard the other day: "I'm so old, I even remember when calculator > displays were LED!" Gee, I guess I'm an old fossil. But I even remember: Nixie tubes. Well, what do you expect. I also have an automatic phone dialer that I bought from some mail-order company around 1976. It doesn't take advantage of DTMF (tone) dialing, but has a big sheet of plastic inside that is rotated by an electric motor. You "program" the numbers by using an "IBM pencil" to fill in the appropriate digits (a la standardized tests). As the sheet rotates the graphite-filled spots pass through a set of contacts, which send the appropriate number of pulses. The whole thing is pretty big, and has to sit underneath a telephone. Plus, it came with its own "Amphenol connector". -- # Well the Yanks hate the Reds and the Greeks hate the Turks # # I really hate to say it but they're all a bunch of jerks # # Seems like everybody's shakin' 'cause the big one's 'bout to fall # # I'm just tryin' to hold it steady while I Piss On The Wall. # # J. Geils Band # # UUCP Path: ihnp4!philabs!nyfca1!brspyr1!davef (518)783-1161 Dave Fiske # =#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#=#