Tubes with "numbers" inside them

[cyborg0 at GlobalEyes.net]

Yuch! how dare you compare big, nice,
brightly-lit-with-a-3d-counting-effect nixie tubes with those blocky VF
displays!! ;) 
honestly, nixie tubes have to be THE easiest things to read cuz if youre
off center you can still read them rather well..really cool..

John Blacet wrote:
> 
> The modern equivalent is the VF display (vacuum fluorescent) with their
> bright geenish-blue color; actually one of the most readable displays
> around. Needs some fairly high voltage--supplied by inverter typically.
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> 
> Regards.
> -------------------------
> John Blacet
> Blacet Research Music Electronics
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> blacet at metro.net
> http://metro.net/blacet/music.html