Ahh.. a trip down memory lane. In another life I was the proud operator of a Varian-MAT 311A double focussing mass spectrometer which used nixie tubes to display the current mass to charge ratio in real time. Since my instrument was used to continously scan gas chomatography effluent, I can attest to the "3D" effect of the various cathodes rapidly lighting over and over and over and over and...hypnotic.
The color of the gas around the cathodes was a very electric pinkish tinged with purple..mesmerizing. The don't make displays like this anymore.VERY pretty..
If you prefer to use Vorbis on a comercially available "MP3" player, try Neuros. (Neurosaudio.com). Been using this player for ~6 months and find myself pfreferentially using Vorbis for the superior sound quality. Who needs IPod?????
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Ahh.. a trip down memory lane. In another life I was the proud operator of a Varian-MAT 311A double focussing mass spectrometer which used nixie tubes to display the current mass to charge ratio in real time. Since my instrument was used to continously scan gas chomatography effluent, I can attest to the "3D" effect of the various cathodes rapidly lighting over and over and over and over and...hypnotic. The color of the gas around the cathodes was a very electric pinkish tinged with purple..mesmerizing. The don't make displays like this anymore.VERY pretty..
Re: good deal on hard drives I just picked up a 250 G WD for $125 @ Sams Club seemed likw a good deal to me....
If you prefer to use Vorbis on a comercially available "MP3" player, try Neuros. (Neurosaudio.com). Been using this player for ~6 months and find myself pfreferentially using Vorbis for the superior sound quality. Who needs IPod?????