[sdiy] scopes

[Rude 66]

> I know a guy who is trying to make new Nixie tubes.....
> because, you see, there's all this interest among younger people
> in making Nixie clocks....
>

i've looked into that.. they're simply gorgeous looking things.. anyone have
one laying around? ;-)


> We are going to relive the 1970s, over and over. Have you seen how
> teen girls dress now? Bellbottoms and platform shoes....
>
> please, don't bring back the Osmonds or the Bay City Rollers.....agggh


you're getting past it, eric..;-)
 we've already had the 70's revival.. we're currently at early 80's level.
electro music, game consoles, black shirts with thin ties.. new wave.

i dunno, all this stuff is timeless design. my friend had a new palm thing,
dies all this stuff, blah blah.. what else does he do on it? play very cool
looking versions of space invaders and pacman. i do the same on my
mame-converter for pc.

on one handi can understand the 'been there, done that' attitude towards all
this retro stuff. i feel it a bit too. on the other hand, for a lot of kids
this is new. be glad they even bother to find out what nixie tubes are.
after all, this is all part of the same 'retro' movement that caused
analogue synthesis to come back, and even makes people interested in your
modules. .

r./

(who even has one of those retro digital watches where you have to press a
button to see the time in red led's..)