[sdiy] Strange old parts question...

[Andre Majorel]

On 2006-02-19 11:30 -0700, Eric Brombaugh wrote:

> My father has a cache of ancient Nixies - the ones that are ~1" dia, 
> are viewed from the top and have that fantastic curvy sans-serif font. 
> I think he bought them back in the late 50's for a project that he 
> never finished. I'd love to build a clock or something with them...

This guy has made one with a police siren as a buzzer :

  http://www.tripoint.org/kevtris/Projects/nixie/index.html

And, in case you don't already know them :

  http://www.electricstuff.co.uk/nixclock.html
  http://www.mcamafia.de/nixie/ncp_en/ncp.htm

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André Majorel <amajorel at teaser.fr>
http://www.teaser.fr/~amajorel/