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Re: CNC scripting stuff....

Posted by lcdpublishing
on 2005-05-17 14:29:53 UTC
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
> >

Discussion Thread

Mark 2005-05-17 04:24:08 UTC CNC scripting stuff.... Alex Holden 2005-05-17 05:46:45 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] CNC scripting stuff.... R Rogers 2005-05-17 06:00:26 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] CNC scripting stuff.... Alex Holden 2005-05-17 07:46:58 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] CNC scripting stuff.... Codesuidae 2005-05-17 08:11:30 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] CNC scripting stuff.... Ted Gregorius 2005-05-17 08:42:25 UTC Re: Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] CNC scripting stuff.... Codesuidae 2005-05-17 09:21:02 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] CNC scripting stuff.... lcdpublishing 2005-05-17 09:59:55 UTC Re: CNC scripting stuff.... Alex Holden 2005-05-17 10:25:48 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: CNC scripting stuff.... Alan Marconett 2005-05-17 11:00:43 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] CNC scripting stuff.... lcdpublishing 2005-05-17 11:09:14 UTC Re: CNC scripting stuff.... Codesuidae 2005-05-17 11:44:39 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] CNC scripting stuff.... D Cranston 2005-05-17 12:12:46 UTC RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: CNC scripting stuff.... Alan Marconett 2005-05-17 12:45:48 UTC RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] CNC scripting stuff.... Codesuidae 2005-05-17 13:12:20 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: CNC scripting stuff.... Alex Holden 2005-05-17 13:13:32 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: CNC scripting stuff.... Alex Holden 2005-05-17 13:25:07 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] CNC scripting stuff.... Drew Rogge 2005-05-17 13:30:10 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: CNC scripting stuff.... lcdpublishing 2005-05-17 13:35:02 UTC Re: CNC scripting stuff.... Codesuidae 2005-05-17 13:55:32 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: CNC scripting stuff.... Drew Rogge 2005-05-17 14:03:25 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: CNC scripting stuff.... Codesuidae 2005-05-17 14:07:15 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] CNC scripting stuff.... lcdpublishing 2005-05-17 14:29:53 UTC Re: CNC scripting stuff.... bobmcknight@c... 2005-05-17 15:09:55 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: CNC scripting stuff.... Brian 2005-05-17 15:28:10 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: CNC scripting stuff.... Alan Marconett 2005-05-17 16:24:37 UTC RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] CNC scripting stuff.... Paul Amaranth 2005-05-17 17:01:11 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] CNC scripting stuff.... Alex Holden 2005-05-17 23:31:30 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] CNC scripting stuff.... Alex Holden 2005-05-17 23:39:28 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] CNC scripting stuff.... Fred Smith 2005-05-18 05:16:40 UTC Re: CNC scripting stuff.... Drew Rogge 2005-05-18 07:10:58 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: CNC scripting stuff.... Alan Marconett 2005-05-18 09:03:17 UTC RE: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: CNC scripting stuff.... Jon Elson 2005-05-18 09:09:25 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] CNC scripting stuff.... Bruce Pigeon 2005-05-18 09:13:36 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] Re: CNC scripting stuff.... Paul Amaranth 2005-05-18 11:12:08 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] CNC scripting stuff.... Codesuidae 2005-05-18 12:27:07 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] CNC scripting stuff.... bank haam 2005-05-19 06:54:28 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] CNC scripting stuff.... Codesuidae 2005-05-19 07:10:49 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] CNC scripting stuff.... bank haam 2005-05-19 08:14:25 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] CNC scripting stuff.... bank haam 2005-05-19 08:14:31 UTC Re: [CAD_CAM_EDM_DRO] CNC scripting stuff....