Re: [neonixie-l] thyraton & dekatron

2023-01-27 Thread Richard Scales
I was stood next to that last Sunday - we actually got right in to the coding and how all the instructions worked as we single stepped through the code. Our guide said that some people use Dekatrons to garnish their clocks so I showed him a picture of my 'Harwell' from Sgitheach - which he

Re: [neonixie-l] thyraton & dekatron

2023-01-27 Thread 'Grahame' via neonixie-l
This is probably the best known dekatron computer https://www.tnmoc.org/witch Dekatrons both "compute" and "display" making them very versatile. Read the chapter in the book by JB Dance that Jon referenced and you'll see how they work. On 27/01/2023 10:35, Benoit Tourret wrote: When I was

Re: [neonixie-l] thyraton & dekatron

2023-01-27 Thread Benoit Tourret
When I was learning at the Control Data Institute in the early eightees, we worked on a computer whitch only had discrete components. no IC, only transistors, diodes, resistors and condensators. and a tore memory. there was a backbone and hundreds of small cards where pluged on, each card was a

Re: [neonixie-l] thyraton & dekatron

2023-01-27 Thread 'Grahame' via neonixie-l
Hi There is a copy in the groups Document folder: https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/0BzH-L4OXjfbRYTRHU01jcDk1c3c?usp=sharing Grahame Welcome Ben, good to have you here.  It's a bit difficult to know where to start with your question on dekatrons without writing pages of stuff which

Re: [neonixie-l] thyraton & dekatron

2023-01-27 Thread Benoit Tourret
Of course, I already see it, but I prefers this one : https://www.ebay.fr/itm/322631444720 ;-) Le jeudi 26 janvier 2023 à 23:14:24 UTC+1, Terry Bowman a écrit : > > On Jan 26, 2023, at 4:48 PM, Benoit Tourret wrote: > > I am looking for information about Dekatron device "as a compute device",

Re: [neonixie-l] thyraton & dekatron

2023-01-27 Thread Jon
Welcome Ben, good to have you here. It's a bit difficult to know where to start with your question on dekatrons without writing pages of stuff which might not be on point. A good start might be to get hold of a copy of Electronic Counting Circuits by JB Dance - that has a long chapter on

Re: [neonixie-l] thyraton & dekatron

2023-01-26 Thread Mac Doktor
> On Jan 26, 2023, at 4:48 PM, Benoit Tourret > wrote: > > I am looking for information about Dekatron device "as a compute device", > what are the main differences between all the models, > and also about the thyraton mtx-90. > what was their first usage and

[neonixie-l] thyraton & dekatron

2023-01-26 Thread Benoit Tourret
Hello, I am looking for information about Dekatron device "as a compute device", what are the main differences between all the models, and also about the thyraton mtx-90. what was their first usage and so on... -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups