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Originally Posted by Phil Nelson
What would six- or ten-gun CRTs be used for, anyhow? Some kind of super-duper radar?
Phil Nelson
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That's what I thought at first - or maybe for physics experiments. However, a little research turned up that at least one brand of those 10-gun tubes were for digital readouts!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nimo_tube
Here's a mini version in action:
http://mcnally.cc/clock.htm