Hi, I've been lurking for a week or so. I'm not a computer guy
per se...my brothers got that! but I pick up some stuff. I
have basement full of mostly mid 80s 8088 boxes, as well as some
Kaypro cp/m machines, and some newer wintel machines. See:
http://www.primenet.com/~jforbes/
for an (incomplete) overview.
As for Nixies and home brew computer displays, one of my
brothers is into Nixie tubes, so I've kept a lookout for
them...and recently found an old piece of Danish test equipment
with 5 nixies in it, which was destined to go to the landfill.
It had been sitting outside, and was not in very good
condition...but I pulled the display board out, and it seems to
be usefull (see link above for a pic). If you want to drive
Nixies from a TTL BCD signal, just score some 74141 type
devices, they were made for the task!
Also....I was digging thru some old stuff while cleaning in the
basement, and found a Motorola 6802, 1982 vintage. I wonder if
it's usefull?
Jim Forbes
in Arizona
Received on Sun Nov 12 2000 - 12:03:11 GMT