2007-05-02 Tinodes
Posted by AnubisTTP

Several new items have been added to the Light Emitting Diodes section in the past week, including some devices that are truly minuscule: unpackaged General Instrument diode dies. Two other additions to the LED's section are the Monsanto MAN-3, the world's first surface-mount seven-segment LED; and the MAN-601A, a first-generation overflow display. We've also added an unusual 7587 'Nuvistor' tetrode to the Diodes, Triodes... section. The 7587 is a tiny cermet tube with an anode cap, and one of the only non-triode Nuvistors.

2007-04-11 Again with the Tubes
Posted by AnubisTTP

In the past week we have added several new items and updates: * Glow Transfer Counting Tubes: Three new dekatrons, the A-101, A-102, and A-103 have been added. New pictures have also been uploaded for the 6476A dekatron and a spec sheet has been added for the OG-4. * Detection & Imaging Tubes: Honeywell 113228 photocell added

2007-04-03 Scope: Not Just a Mouthwash Anymore
Posted by AnubisTTP

A new device has been added to the Instrumentation Museum, a Heathkit Model 10-12 Oscilloscope. The Model 10-12, one of many oscilloscopes that Heathkit released over the years, is an all-tube scope that uses not a single transistor or other solid state component. More...

2007-03-24 A Tiny Counter
Posted by AnubisTTP

Another batch of new tubes has been added to the site. The Sylvania 7155 is a glow transfer counting tube that has a lot of features packed into a tiny envelope. Also added are three panaplex displays to the Gas Discharge Displays section: the SP-356, the SP-152, and the tiny SP-333.

2007-03-17 Stupid ADB Tricks
Posted by AnubisTTP

Ever wish Apple made a two button ADB mouse? Sure, Apple finally broke down and made a multibutton mouse for their new machines, but what if you want to engage in some two button action on a "classic" machine? You could just scrounge a third party mouse from the usual sources, but why take the easy way out when you could build your own? More...

2007-03-06 More Tubes
Posted by AnubisTTP

A new dekatron has been added to the Glow-Transfer Counting Tubes section: the Sovtek OG-8. The OG-8 is a high-speed Russian tube, with some...unusual features. Other new tubes include a Eimac 2-01C high frequency rectifier and a RCA 7038 Vidicon tube.

2007-02-28 A Time for Marking
Posted by AnubisTTP

Another marking machine, the Monarch 23 Dial-A-Pricer, has been added to the Instrumentation Museum. This is a newer version of the cast iron Monarch Model J that was added several weeks ago, and has several key differences. More...

2007-02-22 Nixies
Posted by AnubisTTP

Several new items have been added to the Gas Discharge Displays section: a Burroughs B-5560 upside-down viewing tube and two front view Sovtek tubes, the IN-2 and the IN-17.

2007-01-29 Communist Tubes
Posted by AnubisTTP

The VTA has added three new counting tubes to its collection: the metal base OG-3, a hard-to-find OG-7, and the extremely slow OG-4. All three tubes can be found in the Glow-Transfer Counting Tubes section. A new klystron, the 2K46, has also been added to the Microwave Oscillator Tubes section.

2007-01-27 A Machine for Marking
Posted by AnubisTTP

Take a look at the newly added Monarch Model J Marking Machine, a piece of heavy ironmongery that makes modern Paxar ticketing guns look like a divine intervention on behalf of the stockboys of the world. I for one would not want to carry this piece of equipment along a wall of consumer goods for any length of time. More...

2007-01-19 VFD Invasion
Posted by AnubisTTP

The assault of new components continues: three new vacuum fluorescent tubes have been added to the Component Devices index. The models added are the LD8012, DG12C and the DG10A. All three tubes have flying leads and one is designed for upside-down mounting.

2007-01-12 Some Light Papertape Reading
Posted by AnubisTTP

Two papertape readers have been added to the Instrumentation Museum, an Instructograph Morse code keying machine, and a Gardiner & Co. Morse code keyer. Both machines are designed to read the same type of double sided papertape reels, but each does so in a rather different way. More...

2007-01-03 Minitrons Have Landed
Posted by AnubisTTP

Two more photocells have been added to the Detection & Imaging Tubes section, and a 3015F 'Minitron' has been added to the Filament Displays section.

2006-12-27 Macintosh SE Added
Posted by AnubisTTP

The Macintosh SE was released in March of 1987, it was the successor to the Macintosh Plus. The SE is definitely not the first Macintosh released by Apple, but it is debatably the first practical Macintosh. More...

2006-12-22 Photocells Detected
Posted by AnubisTTP

Several new photocells have been added to the Detection & Imaging Tubes section, including some oddballs like the tiny A704 and the 921 cartridge photocell.

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