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Peter Ward
22-07-2025, 03:29 PM
As much as I am fond of my valve-display Nixi clock,
a (likely targeted) advert caught my eye, spruiking a LED based Nixi look alike.
Apart from multiple display modes (the Matrix-like screen saver is very cool)
it can interrogate Network time via Wi-Fi. Read: very accurate.
Of course I had to get one....
...it's now in the "pool room" :D
P.S. Not too hard to find if you google the nameplate on the attached pics ;)
Another, very cool, display Peter.
I’m going to check it out.
I still love my valve Nixi, which you recommended originally.
Thanks for sharing.
RB
TrevorW
22-07-2025, 07:29 PM
Lovely but I have a computer, several watches, a oven, microwave, wall clock and TV or two, so all I don't need is something else to tell me the time, being retired I sometimes forget what day it is :)
Steffen
23-07-2025, 07:33 AM
The clue with Nixie tubes was that they were not just the display device but also the decimal counter (with carry to the next tube).
Peter Ward
23-07-2025, 01:03 PM
Fair 'nuff. I also have a number of watches , some fancy, some not so much.
A Citizen Satellite Wave, that is powered by light and automatically updates via GPS time signals, sits on wrist 99% of the time (pardon the pun)
Curiously while attending a young person's birthday celebration recently, I noticed many of the "30 something" parents didn't wear a watch....but mobile phones were clearly a "must have"
TrevorW
24-07-2025, 10:12 AM
Yep can't live without them this generation, my wife tells me off because I don't carry mine around with me, "comments like what if someone rings etc etc", my philosophy, if its important they will ring back or leave a message, if its spam I don't care, if its bad news then they will message me if I don't answer or ring again or ring the wife, a phone doesn't rule my life :) :)
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