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Tim Slattery

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08-23-2010

"Dave" <> wrote:

>Did they have the neon tube displays? Those things were cool, but the
>batteries didn't stay up long.

Nixie tubes, IIRC. (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nixie_tube)

Were those used in battery operated devices? Seems to me they would
have used way too much current for batteries.

I remember Wang(?) calculators with Nixie tubes. They were connected
to something behind the wall, but I never saw what.

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