Neon logic

From: John Lawson <jpl15_at_panix.com>
Date: Fri Feb 28 19:23:00 2003

On Fri, 28 Feb 2003, Tony Duell wrote:

> There's a reasonable book on this subject called 'Cold Cathode Tube
> Circuit Design'. It covers things like gas-filled voltage stabilisers,
> trigger tubes (the cold cathode thyratrons you mention), dekatrons, etc.


   Unfortunately at less-than-reasonable prices! www.abebooks.com gives
three copies; US$144, 175, and 407 (!!) for ex-library books.... I
wonder what's the big deal?? It's not like this is anything other than a
'backwater' science.... Evidence of a secret Bookseller Price-Fixing
Cabal operating in our very midst??

  Anyway, I have about 40 Decatrons... might be fun to make a big shift
register memory, or some other elephantine retro-computing project.

  Cheers

John
Received on Fri Feb 28 2003 - 19:23:00 GMT