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Relays don't glow. Those are dekatron[1] gas-discharge (neon) tubes, the machine version of the human-readable Nixie lamps. [1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/De
by jrabone 13y ago
Relays don't glow. Those are dekatron[1] gas-discharge (neon) tubes, the machine version of the human-readable Nixie lamps.
[1] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dekatron http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dekatron
- laumars 13y agoAh yes. I'm getting myself in a muddle as WITCH was/is a relay-based dekatron computer. (how that all hangs together is beyond me. But it looked immense).