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The NIMO Tube: Rarest And Most Dangerous Digital Display Of All Time [video only]
YouTube.com ^ | 10-14-2017 | Fran Blanche

Posted on 11/27/2017 7:32:40 AM PST by servo1969

Rarer Than A Moon Rock.... Deadlier Than Plutonium... It's The NIMO Digital Display Tube! As far as I know this is the first and only time that an operational NIMO has ever been presented on YouTube. A FranLab Vintage Technology First! Thanks for watching...

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TOPICS: Business/Economy; History; Hobbies; Science
KEYWORDS: cathode; crt; ray
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1 posted on 11/27/2017 7:32:40 AM PST by servo1969
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To: servo1969

But can it display pi?


2 posted on 11/27/2017 7:40:26 AM PST by Auntie Dem (Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Terrorist lovers gotta go!)
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To: Auntie Dem

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3 posted on 11/27/2017 7:44:37 AM PST by Haiku Guy (ELIMINATE PERVERSE INCENTIVES)
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To: servo1969

https://www.amazon.com/Classic-Nixie-Tube-Clock-Kit/dp/B00RZBTUY4


4 posted on 11/27/2017 7:46:06 AM PST by GOPJ (https://www.reddit.com/r/StumpSheet/comments/6ec3z1/fake_hate_crimes_official/)
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To: servo1969

I notice Fran’s bench looks a lot like mine!


5 posted on 11/27/2017 7:53:34 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Hillary: Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect 2 billion dollars.)
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To: GOPJ

Random factoid: Most of the Nixies around today were made in Russia.


6 posted on 11/27/2017 7:55:52 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Hillary: Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect 2 billion dollars.)
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To: Haiku Guy

No rounding, I want to see ALL the digits.


7 posted on 11/27/2017 7:56:17 AM PST by Auntie Dem (Hey! Hey! Ho! Ho! Terrorist lovers gotta go!)
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To: Auntie Dem

That’s irrational.


8 posted on 11/27/2017 7:58:03 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Hillary: Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect 2 billion dollars.)
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To: servo1969
So, she found NIMO?


9 posted on 11/27/2017 8:01:05 AM PST by moovova
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To: Auntie Dem
No rounding, I want to see ALL the digits.

That's irrational.

This could go on forever.

10 posted on 11/27/2017 8:01:28 AM PST by Fightin Whitey
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To: servo1969

The Charactron tube:

https://www.stuckey.co/charactron-tube/


11 posted on 11/27/2017 8:04:15 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Hillary: Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect 2 billion dollars.)
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To: servo1969

This woman behaves like she’s constantly bombarded by radiation.

What a loon !


12 posted on 11/27/2017 8:10:55 AM PST by Celerity
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To: servo1969

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimo_tube


13 posted on 11/27/2017 8:16:52 AM PST by Red Badger (Road Rage lasts 5 minutes. Road Rash lasts 5 months!.....................)
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To: Fresh Wind
Tactical coordinator station in an older iteration of the Navy P-3C. The square display is a Charactron.


14 posted on 11/27/2017 8:17:48 AM PST by Fresh Wind (Hillary: Go to jail. Go directly to jail. Do not pass GO. Do not collect 2 billion dollars.)
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To: Celerity

She reminds me of my oldest sister. She did far too many drugs in the 60s. Bless her heart.


15 posted on 11/27/2017 8:18:51 AM PST by Howie66 ("Tone down the tagline please." - Admin Moderator)
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To: servo1969

What a total waste of time. So difficult to work with because it needs 1750 volts to function?????


16 posted on 11/27/2017 8:27:17 AM PST by Bob (Damn, the democrats haven't been this upset since Republicans freed their slaves.)
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To: servo1969

Ugh, there is nothing particularly deadly about Plutonium as an element sitting aside by itself. Does this author mean SUV, perhaps?


17 posted on 11/27/2017 8:36:14 AM PST by lefty-lie-spy (Stay metal. For the Horde \m/("_")\m/ - via iPhone from Tokyo.)
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To: Fresh Wind

Been there. Done that. I just might know that guy...


18 posted on 11/27/2017 8:47:08 AM PST by Afterguard (Deplorable me!)
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To: Fightin Whitey

22/7. That’s all the digits. Lol


19 posted on 11/27/2017 4:54:51 PM PST by Oil Object Insp
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22/7. That’s all the digits. Lol

I can follow you that far, that's about it.

But I enjoy some of the back and forth on these threads.

20 posted on 11/27/2017 5:01:30 PM PST by Fightin Whitey
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