Comments on: 6502 driven nixie tube clock

By: PK

PK — Fri, 09 Dec 2005 16:55:52 +0000

I would just like to clarify something. Actually the C-64 did use a 6502… in its 1541 floppy drive. So, I think the original post is in fact correct. Go eliot. :-)

By: Dom salvador

Dom salvador — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 20:21:53 +0000

re: comment 17

A lifesaver? a “real lifesaver like in star wars” huh? is that anything like a “lightsabre”?

Or did Star Wars contain some Titanic-esque water rescue scene I’m unaware of?

By: alex

alex — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 10:50:49 +0000

what the hell? if you want to be a real hacker, you’ve gotta do it yourself. Get off your ass, get out your soldering iron and your multimeter, and hack that motherboard until it’s an anti-gravity unit or something badass like that. jeez.

By: Fly Swat

Fly Swat — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 08:39:09 +0000

I’ve got an old motherboard, some ram, and an old 60 gig hd. Could you show me something really cool that I could do with it… Besides the obvious…. Home made magnetic card readers, rocket bikes that run on vegetable oil, Useful things would be cool. The cooking with processors and other things have been getting a little dry. You guys have got to be more creative… A real lifesaver… I challenge you folks to assemble a real lifesaver like in star wars… You have the brains, C’mon rise to the challenge……..

By: Jim Watters

Jim Watters — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 07:09:34 +0000

What about making our own Nixie like display wiht El Wire http://www.elwirecheap.com/index.html

By: Forrest

Forrest — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 06:23:28 +0000

Nixie’s for sale here http://www.sphere.bc.ca/test/nixies.html

Google nixie for more sources and info

By: madd_matt

madd_matt — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 05:12:22 +0000

Does anybody know where i could get nixie tubes? I’ve been looking for a way to display current CPU load on my server, and this would be a really sweet way.

By: collin

collin — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 02:00:21 +0000

Re geeker’s comment

Nixie watch
http://www.amug.org/~jthomas/watch.html

By: Linkincable

Linkincable — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 01:58:12 +0000

wow, how i wish i could make one.

By: John Bokma

John Bokma — Tue, 06 Dec 2005 00:55:32 +0000

Very cool hack. I have some tubes somewhere, propbably not 6 though. (But who needs seconds)

By: geeker

geeker — Mon, 05 Dec 2005 23:35:01 +0000

So now all you need to do is somehow attach it to your wrist ;-)

By: Wim L

Wim L — Mon, 05 Dec 2005 23:13:15 +0000

#6: doing the counting/timing logic with tubes would be a real pain, but on the other hand you could use things like dekatrons, which are neat in and of themselves.

By: brian

brian — Mon, 05 Dec 2005 22:05:49 +0000

What era are the nixie tubes from? Would it be possible to do this project completely with parts from that era? The size would probably be enormous, but isnt that part of the art?

By: Billytheimpaler

Billytheimpaler — Mon, 05 Dec 2005 21:49:27 +0000

Need a life? That’s a fine way to do things. There’re many parts I’ve needed to make, particularly ones that only need modeling in 2 dimensions, where I’ve simply printed up my CAD drawing 1:1, taped it onto the piece of flat stock, and started milling. As long as you don’t need really accurate parts (think 0.005″) it’s an easy way to save time.

By: IMWeasel

IMWeasel — Mon, 05 Dec 2005 21:40:53 +0000

This reminded me of the Futurama episode where Farnsworth makes the F-Ray flashlight thing that lets you see inside things. Someone pointed it at Bender’s head and it showed a chip inside marked 6502. A good portion of Hackaday readers probably got the joke, but I wonder how much of the general audience got it. :-)