

They cost a lost back then, they still do and they are still made today - for aerospace and military applications. These were named Minitron, Numitron or, more commonly, " Nixie". slightly useless was the Dolby FM compatibility :-)ĭigital was done in grand style however : the display isn't some early FLuoresent tube but four 7-segement incandescent lamps housed in separate air-free glass/ceramic housings ! New of course was the digital display and.


Almost as pricey as a TA-N7B, three times as expensive as an ST-A6B and built very much like its 1965 ES equivalent, the ST-5000 !ĭas Meisterwerk as germans would say and quite a rare piece nowadays.
