[time-nuts] Digital Clock kit - no Integrated circuits!

[Max Robinson]

Steve wrote.

Bah humbug! Stupid modern day design, it'll never be any good, you
need to use valves to make real gear :-)

Amen brother, but it would sure heat your house in the winter.

Regards.

Max.  K 4 O D S.

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----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Steve Rooke" <sar10538 at gmail.com>
To: "Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement" 
<time-nuts at febo.com>
Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2010 2:09 AM
Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Digital Clock kit - no Integrated circuits!


2010/1/9 Tom Clifton <kc0vsj at yahoo.com>:
> http://transistorclock.com/ has a very interesting (though a bit 
> expensive) kit for sale. A 10" x 11" circuit board sporting nearly 200 
> transistors and 600 diodes to drive six seven-segment displays. Suitable 
> for framing... As delivered runs on 60hz but there is a note about 
> conversion to 50hz mains. You can buy a bare board, just the components or 
> a full kit.
>
> You must see it to believe it!

Bah humbug! Stupid modern day design, it'll never be any good, you
need to use valves to make real gear :-)

Steve

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Steve Rooke - ZL3TUV & G8KVD
A man with one clock knows what time it is;
A man with two clocks is never quite sure.

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