FYI: Below is a short clip from the 1980 film ‘Dressed to Kill’ with Angie Dickenson. But, check out the VFD clock! This movie is responsible for me getting hooked on Nixie/VFD clocks. I remember after seeing the movie I remarked to my date at the time, how cool I thought the clock was, but she was noticeably non-plussed, and so I forgot about it. Well, fast forward 17 years and I say to my wife one night while barbecuing, hey honey, I wonder if those cool clocks are still available. And once again, like 17 years ago, she was still not excited about these little glowing bottles. I don’t know what it is, but women just don’t get the Nixie thing!  But, I digress. So... after a bit of Googling, I stumbled upon Jeff Thomas’ site, and the NixiChron, the last clock he was still selling at the time.  I emailed him and bought one that night. My Nixie affliction had begun and has now grown to be an obsession. Though not based on VFD’s, the NixiChron and it’s IN-18‘s more than satisfied my lust for this intoxicating technology. VFD’S are cool, but Nixie tubes are to freaking die for!

And, check out Angie, she was a TOTAL babe!!!

Michael Barile

BadNixie.com LLC

And our beloved retired racing Greyhound, Danny who never ceases to amaze!

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kRGQQVdAfgI

Badnixie@badnixie.com

Got the internals done for another RackMountable. This one will be different in that I am using PV Electronics to drive the 8091’s and will enable the RGB’s. Still have to machine the case  and have it finished. 

To be continued...