Looking for old computer book

[Ethan Dicks]

On 3/30/07, Chuck Guzis <cclist at sydex.com> wrote:
> On 30 Mar 2007 at 0:00, Steve Thatcher wrote:
>
> > it was the 1967 issue of Electronics Illustrated that was sold on eBay (not Radio-Electronics)
>
> I remember reading that article when it came out.  I recall the neon-
> bulb ring counters--they looked like a nightmare to get right and
> something that would eventually require more tweaking as the bulbs
> aged.

It would be sensitive to the light in the room, wouldn't it?  ISTR
there was some note somewhere about the avalanche voltage on a neon
bulb being affected by swings in ambient light, but as this stuff is s
bit before my era, I could easily be wrong.

-ethan