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While digging through some old files, found this mag. Thought I'd
share a bit of Nostalgia. :)

Popular Electrnics, October 1954 - 1st Issue. - PopTronics1SMALL.jpg (0/2)
 

What was the article on 'fun with neon bulbs'?
I have a collection of most of the old projects with NE-2 type lamps - the
NE555 of its era.
Oppie

wrote in message
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While digging through some old files, found this mag. Thought I'd
share a bit of Nostalgia. :)

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On Fri, 29 Jun 2007 08:08:29 -0400, "Oppie" wrote:

What was the article on 'fun with neon bulbs'?
I have a collection of most of the old projects with NE-2 type lamps - the
NE555 of its era.
Oppie

wrote in message
.. .
While digging through some old files, found this mag. Thought I'd
share a bit of Nostalgia. :)


I was a subscriber from around that time... I was 14, until they
started merging with every piece-a-crap and became far less
electronic.... into my late '30's.

Upper right corner... that was issue #1 !!

...Jim Thompson
--
| James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens |
| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona Voice:(480)460-2350 | |
| E-mail Address at Website Fax:(480)460-2142 | Brass Rat |
| http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 |

America: Land of the Free, Because of the Brave

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On Fri, 29 Jun 2007 08:08:29 -0400, "Oppie" wrote:

What was the article on 'fun with neon bulbs'?
I have a collection of most of the old projects with NE-2 type lamps - the
NE555 of its era.
Oppie

wrote in message
. ..
While digging through some old files, found this mag. Thought I'd
share a bit of Nostalgia. :)


I was a subscriber from around that time... I was 14, until they
started merging with every piece-a-crap and became far less
electronic.... into my late '30's.

Upper right corner... that was issue #1 !!


I was 3 in '54 so you've got a few years on me.
Popular Electronics and Electronics Illustrated taught me more about
practical electronics by way of building projects and debugging them than
college ever did. College only helped me to appreciate the theory and laws
behind what I was already doing. I had professors that would see me in lab
doing independant study that would marvel at my designs and wonder why I was
doing so poorly in their classes. Dyslexic people are like Apple - we work
differently.
Oppie

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On Fri, 29 Jun 2007 13:17:50 -0400, "Oppie" wrote:


"Jim Thompson" wrote in
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On Fri, 29 Jun 2007 08:08:29 -0400, "Oppie" wrote:

What was the article on 'fun with neon bulbs'?
I have a collection of most of the old projects with NE-2 type lamps - the
NE555 of its era.
Oppie

wrote in message
...
While digging through some old files, found this mag. Thought I'd
share a bit of Nostalgia. :)


I was a subscriber from around that time... I was 14, until they
started merging with every piece-a-crap and became far less
electronic.... into my late '30's.

Upper right corner... that was issue #1 !!


I was 3 in '54 so you've got a few years on me.
Popular Electronics and Electronics Illustrated taught me more about
practical electronics by way of building projects and debugging them than
college ever did. College only helped me to appreciate the theory and laws
behind what I was already doing. I had professors that would see me in lab
doing independant study that would marvel at my designs and wonder why I was
doing so poorly in their classes. Dyslexic people are like Apple - we work
differently.
Oppie


Same here. I owe my intuitive approach to electronics to growing up
in a radio/TV repair shop (my father's) and then working as a
technician (part time) in Building 20 at MIT, building instrumentation
for Professors Woodson and Jackson's MHD group.

The education part of it just allowed me to understand what I was
already capable of doing by the seat of my pants ;-)

...Jim Thompson
--
| James E.Thompson, P.E. | mens |
| Analog Innovations, Inc. | et |
| Analog/Mixed-Signal ASIC's and Discrete Systems | manus |
| Phoenix, Arizona Voice:(480)460-2350 | |
| E-mail Address at Website Fax:(480)460-2142 | Brass Rat |
| http://www.analog-innovations.com | 1962 |

America: Land of the Free, Because of the Brave

Popular Electrnics, October 1954 - 1st Issue. - PopTronics1SMALL.jpg (0/2)
 

On Fri, 29 Jun 2007 08:08:29 -0400, "Oppie" wrote:

What was the article on 'fun with neon bulbs'?
I have a collection of most of the old projects with NE-2 type lamps - the
NE555 of its era.
Oppie

wrote in message
.. .
While digging through some old files, found this mag. Thought I'd
share a bit of Nostalgia. :)

The article is about using an NE-2, 51, or 48 in series with a 220k
resistor, plugeed into the wall for a strobe light. It also discusses
using it as an rf probe by using the body as a current sink.
Of course, at the time, Heathkit was alive and well, Carl met Jerry
for the first time.

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Great Nostalgia. I read Carl and Jerry like I did comic books much earlier.
Heathkits and Eico were a great way to learn since they gave you some pretty
good troubleshooting information and of course, the schematics to trace
things out. How are the youngsters of today going to learn this stuff? Most
are only into iPods and gaming... now that's productive.

http://www.giangrandi.ch/electronics/neon/neon.shtml
I have copies of the Signalite book on Applications of Neon Lamps and Gas
Discharge Tubes. Edward Bauman, Signalite inc. 1966'
GE Glow Lamp Manual(1966)
Logic and Computer Applications of Glow Lamps
Philips Gas Discharge Tubes (1964)

Most of these are poor scans found on the web and large size but it does
preserve the history.




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On Fri, 29 Jun 2007 08:08:29 -0400, "Oppie" wrote:

What was the article on 'fun with neon bulbs'?
I have a collection of most of the old projects with NE-2 type lamps - the
NE555 of its era.
Oppie

wrote in message
. ..
While digging through some old files, found this mag. Thought I'd
share a bit of Nostalgia. :)

The article is about using an NE-2, 51, or 48 in series with a 220k
resistor, plugeed into the wall for a strobe light. It also discusses
using it as an rf probe by using the body as a current sink.
Of course, at the time, Heathkit was alive and well, Carl met Jerry
for the first time.