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Fran Blanche

Vintage Display Technology

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Last updated on Apr 7, 2024
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Exploring the many varied ways that we have displayed numbers and letters and other things by electronic means over the 20th century.
Fran Blanche
Everything About The IEE NIMO Tube
2:39:17
Everything About The IEE NIMO Tube

Fran Blanche
BINA-VIEW: The Rarest And Most Complicated Digital Display Of All Time!
31:04
BINA-VIEW: The Rarest And Most Complicated Digital Display Of All Time!

Fran Blanche
Super Rare KGM Edgelit Displays!!! Just Beautiful!
10:28
Super Rare KGM Edgelit Displays!!! Just Beautiful!

Fran Blanche
Bigass Alphanumeric Nixies Conquer The Earth!!!
21:27
Bigass Alphanumeric Nixies Conquer The Earth!!!

Fran Blanche
The Most Beautiful Digital Display I've Ever Seen!!!
34:18
The Most Beautiful Digital Display I've Ever Seen!!!

Fran Blanche
Digital Clock Or Automaton?
27:04
Digital Clock Or Automaton?

Fran Blanche
A Desperate Light: Moore's Tubes
9:52
A Desperate Light: Moore's Tubes

Fran Blanche
1964 IEE Display Catalog!
15:18
1964 IEE Display Catalog!

Fran Blanche
1974 Dialight Digital Display Catalog!
16:47
1974 Dialight Digital Display Catalog!

Fran Blanche
1975 GE Clock With A Display Twist
21:16
1975 GE Clock With A Display Twist

Fran Blanche
Strangely Rare Fossil LED Watch Restoration
16:14
Strangely Rare Fossil LED Watch Restoration

Fran Blanche
The World's First BIG LED Displays!
18:53
The World's First BIG LED Displays!

Fran Blanche
The BINA-View Movie!
52:53
The BINA-View Movie!

Fran Blanche
Vintage Soviet Nixie Modules
15:55
Vintage Soviet Nixie Modules

Fran Blanche
Lumitime 2: The Revenge!!!
54:27
Lumitime 2: The Revenge!!!

Fran Blanche
The NIMO Tube: Rarest And Most Dangerous Digital Display Of All Time
36:02
The NIMO Tube: Rarest And Most Dangerous Digital Display Of All Time

Fran Blanche
Lumitime Clock Maintenance
17:24
Lumitime Clock Maintenance

Fran Blanche
3D Printed Mega Displays
12:11
3D Printed Mega Displays

Fran Blanche
LUMITIME - A Digital Clock With NO Electronics!!!
26:15
LUMITIME - A Digital Clock With NO Electronics!!!

Fran Blanche
First But Lost To History - The E1T Cathode Ray Counting Tube!!
14:34
First But Lost To History - The E1T Cathode Ray Counting Tube!!

Fran Blanche
If At First You Don't Succeed... Monster VFDs Pt 2
17:51
If At First You Don't Succeed... Monster VFDs Pt 2

Fran Blanche
Compet Neon Plasma Display Calc With A Special Surprise Inside!
10:53
Compet Neon Plasma Display Calc With A Special Surprise Inside!

Fran Blanche
Repairing The Sony DT-30 Television Snooze Box
42:24
Repairing The Sony DT-30 Television Snooze Box

Fran Blanche
Nyet!!! Monster Soviet Vacuum Florescent Display Tubes!!
21:36
Nyet!!! Monster Soviet Vacuum Florescent Display Tubes!!

Fran Blanche
Last Of The First - NIMO Tube Prototypes!
19:22
Last Of The First - NIMO Tube Prototypes!

Fran Blanche
When Bright Digital Displays Were Mostly Heat Sink (And Awesome!)
17:32
When Bright Digital Displays Were Mostly Heat Sink (And Awesome!)

Fran Blanche
Oddball Dumb Terminal Has A Surprise Inside!
24:52
Oddball Dumb Terminal Has A Surprise Inside!

Fran Blanche
Ask Fran: Vacuum Fluorescent Displays, Microwave Radiation, & The Ecliptic.
18:20
Ask Fran: Vacuum Fluorescent Displays, Microwave Radiation, & The Ecliptic.

Fran Blanche
Did The Raytheon Datastrobe Ever Really Exist?
10:53
Did The Raytheon Datastrobe Ever Really Exist?

Fran Blanche
The Nixie That Almost Was - Dialight Neon Conversion Display
11:40
The Nixie That Almost Was - Dialight Neon Conversion Display

Fran Blanche
Chill With The OLDEST Working Light Bulb On YouTube!! (From 1896)
12:31
Chill With The OLDEST Working Light Bulb On YouTube!! (From 1896)

Fran Blanche
When The Holidays Went Electric - 1910 Mini Edison Carbon Bulb
12:51
When The Holidays Went Electric - 1910 Mini Edison Carbon Bulb

Fran Blanche
Nixie Fun With BCD Switches!!!
12:25
Nixie Fun With BCD Switches!!!

Fran Blanche
Still Amazing! 1950's Teleregister Numerical Displays
23:36
Still Amazing! 1950's Teleregister Numerical Displays

Fran Blanche
More Apollo Launch Control Displays! The Roto-Tellite
9:43
More Apollo Launch Control Displays! The Roto-Tellite

Fran Blanche
Extremely Rare Edge-Lit Fruit Machine Display
16:35
Extremely Rare Edge-Lit Fruit Machine Display

Fran Blanche
120 Year Old Shelby Light Bulb - Still Working!!
12:00
120 Year Old Shelby Light Bulb - Still Working!!

Fran Blanche
Houston, We Have A Button!!! The Illuminated Switches Of Mission Control
20:34
Houston, We Have A Button!!! The Illuminated Switches Of Mission Control

Fran Blanche
The IEE "Status Indicator" Display Module
15:57
The IEE "Status Indicator" Display Module

Fran Blanche
Mystery Military Missile Indicator
12:50
Mystery Military Missile Indicator

Fran Blanche
World's First Forgotten Electric Wonder - Chariot Race Of 1910
21:09
World's First Forgotten Electric Wonder - Chariot Race Of 1910

Fran Blanche
How Mission Control's Big Displays Worked
18:50
How Mission Control's Big Displays Worked

Fran Blanche
Developing The Nimo Display Tube - The Untold Story!
54:32
Developing The Nimo Display Tube - The Untold Story!

Fran Blanche
Amazing 19th Century Tech - The Galvanometer
19:04
Amazing 19th Century Tech - The Galvanometer

Fran Blanche
BINA-VIEW FranLab Display Crawl
1:04
BINA-VIEW FranLab Display Crawl

Fran Blanche
BINA-VIEW II: The Repair!
22:43
BINA-VIEW II: The Repair!

Fran Blanche
Vintage 8mm Mini Movie Viewer Repair!
21:58
Vintage 8mm Mini Movie Viewer Repair!

Fran Blanche
Mil-Spec Radium Dial Panel Meters
14:09
Mil-Spec Radium Dial Panel Meters

Fran Blanche
My Space Odyssey Control Panel Build
1:10:14
My Space Odyssey Control Panel Build

Fran Blanche
1990 Pocket Television Teardown!
12:17
1990 Pocket Television Teardown!

Fran Blanche
The Apollo DSKY Luminescent Display!!!!!!
1:03:08
The Apollo DSKY Luminescent Display!!!!!!

Fran Blanche
Magic Eye Tubes
5:08
Magic Eye Tubes

Fran Blanche
1983 Zaxxon Mini Arcade Teardown
17:10
1983 Zaxxon Mini Arcade Teardown

Fran Blanche
Tube Scope X-Rays??
3:30
Tube Scope X-Rays??

Fran Blanche
Display Innovations 1972-76
26:57
Display Innovations 1972-76

Fran Blanche
Big Iron: A REAL Nixie Power Supply
15:53
Big Iron: A REAL Nixie Power Supply

Fran Blanche
1972 Heathkit GC-1005 Panaplex Clock Repair
27:04
1972 Heathkit GC-1005 Panaplex Clock Repair

Fran Blanche
Fran's Retro Bench: BCD Clock Counter With Numitron
55:46
Fran's Retro Bench: BCD Clock Counter With Numitron

Fran Blanche
Designing AC Synchronous Circuits & The NIMO Clock
16:51
Designing AC Synchronous Circuits & The NIMO Clock

Fran Blanche
FranLab Scrounge Build: Light Pops! (Cause, Why Not??)
18:03
FranLab Scrounge Build: Light Pops! (Cause, Why Not??)

Fran Blanche
FranLab: BCD Modular Counter Project - With Numitron!
14:09
FranLab: BCD Modular Counter Project - With Numitron!

Fran Blanche
Fun With Projection Displays
9:47
Fun With Projection Displays

Fran Blanche
The Living Automaton
4:20
The Living Automaton

Fran Blanche
FranLab: Diode Steering For Displays
30:43
FranLab: Diode Steering For Displays

Fran Blanche
Apollo AGC DSKY Display Project, Pt.1
49:56
Apollo AGC DSKY Display Project, Pt.1

Fran Blanche
Smithsonian 50 Years of Television Exhibit, 1989
8:52
Smithsonian 50 Years of Television Exhibit, 1989

Fran Blanche
VCF East Pt.3 - Radio Technology Museum
17:48
VCF East Pt.3 - Radio Technology Museum

Fran Blanche
VCF East Part 1 - Commodore Heaven!
11:21
VCF East Part 1 - Commodore Heaven!

Fran Blanche
Know Your Displays - Nixie vs. VFD Tubes
10:28
Know Your Displays - Nixie vs. VFD Tubes

Fran Blanche
The First Light Emitting Diodes
35:36
The First Light Emitting Diodes

Fran Blanche
Nixie Counter Prototype
4:21
Nixie Counter Prototype

Fran Blanche
The Dawn Of Digital
43:41
The Dawn Of Digital

Fran Blanche
Resurrecting A Vintage Numitron Board
22:38
Resurrecting A Vintage Numitron Board

Fran Blanche
Panaplex Mystery Meter!
14:34
Panaplex Mystery Meter!

Fran Blanche
The Magic Of Muxing!
18:04
The Magic Of Muxing!

Fran Blanche
FranLab Nixie Crawl
3:27
FranLab Nixie Crawl