Re: CNC scripting stuff....

LOL! I think I remember seeing that but didn't know what it was
called. Is that the thing that looked like an old "Tube" as in the
gizmo before the transistor?

--- In CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO@yahoogroups.com, Drew Rogge <drew@p...> wrote:
> There were all kinds of neat displays. I remember one machine had
> a piece of film with the digits 0-9 on it and 10 small incandescent
> light bulbs. Things were set up such that all of the digits were
> focused at the same window on the display. To display a digit, the
> appropriate lamp was turned on.
>
> But by far my favorite display was that on a 5-axis Sunstrand
OmniMill.
> It used Nixie tubes for the digits. Just got to love those Nixie
tubes!
>
> Drew
>
> lcdpublishing wrote:
>
> > Also, those machines (NC) didn't have CRTs like we have today.
> > Rather you had a series of 7 segment LEDs that would display one
> > word of the program at a time - this feature was actually rare
on
> > early NC machines. Basic practice was to "Punch out a paper
tape"
> > and at the same time, using a teletype (or teletype type of
machine)
> > print out the program listing - without the printout, it was a
> > nightmare.
> >
> > Chris
> >