Comments on: Oh. My. God: A true ani-digi mechanical http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/04/10/oh-my-god-a-true-ani-digi-mechanical/ Gadgets, gear and computer hardware. Fri, 09 Jan 2009 21:33:42 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.7 hourly 1 By: m http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/04/10/oh-my-god-a-true-ani-digi-mechanical/#comment-650292 m Fri, 11 Apr 2008 05:07:15 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=24501#comment-650292 I have seen the top of the mountain. And it is good I have seen the top of the mountain. And it is good

]]> By: Paul G http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/04/10/oh-my-god-a-true-ani-digi-mechanical/#comment-649822 Paul G Thu, 10 Apr 2008 19:06:12 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=24501#comment-649822 Couldn't you have used a more appropriate and aesthetically pleasing comparative than "one of my nipples" like size of a hockey puck. Interesting clock - got a vid? Couldn’t you have used a more appropriate and aesthetically pleasing comparative than “one of my nipples” like size of a hockey puck.

Interesting clock - got a vid?

]]> By: David Moisan http://www.crunchgear.com/2008/04/10/oh-my-god-a-true-ani-digi-mechanical/#comment-649796 David Moisan Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:44:12 +0000 http://www.crunchgear.com/?p=24501#comment-649796 This reminds me of the *first* "digital clocks" of the 1970's. NOT the flip-clocks; these had a seven segment display built with neon bulbs (!) and a mechanical shutter system that somehow worked through a rotary cam powered by a regular clock motor. Needless to say, these were none too reliable. The one I had expired very soon after I got it for my birthday in 1977 or so. In the unlikely event that these clocks survived for eBay, you can tell them from regular LED clocks by their color (not too many orange LED displays from that era) and from the circular "spinner" display that was in clocks so you could tell that it was running. This reminds me of the *first* “digital clocks” of the 1970’s. NOT the flip-clocks; these had a seven segment display built with neon bulbs (!) and a mechanical shutter system that somehow worked through a rotary cam powered by a regular clock motor.

Needless to say, these were none too reliable. The one I had expired very soon after I got it for my birthday in 1977 or so.

In the unlikely event that these clocks survived for eBay, you can tell them from regular LED clocks by their color (not too many orange LED displays from that era) and from the circular “spinner” display that was in clocks so you could tell that it was running.

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