[BC] For you 'old-timers'...

[Milton R. Holladay Jr.]

I once had a Hickok digital voltmeter with mechanical Veeder-Root type
readouts (like your odometer). It was under a table at  the Charlotte
hamfest with a big useless package oscillator, I asked about the HP osc and
was told "they're $10 apiece or both for $5."     lol
I have a HP 524C counter; the B and D had vertical rows of lights for
readout, but the C has Nixie tubes.
Can't get this link to load..........
M

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Dave Dunsmoor" <mrfixit at min.midco.net>...

>
>     I'd completely forgotten about the HP "decade counters" that were the
> first electronic counters I encountered (no pun intended there) with their
> simple, but very readable displays.
>
>     Look on page 3 here to see what it is that I'm referring to:
>
http://www.electronballet.com/Download/HP/Decade%20Counter%20AC-4A%20AC-4B%20(0134AB002).pdf
>
>  As far as frequency or event counters are concerned, what type of display
> was used prior to these decade counters?