Same kind of screen used in old radars?

[Dman777]

Is this the same kind of screen that was used on antique radars that I have seen on here?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rarest-NOS-NIB-NIXIE-MATRIX-screen-100x100-10000-Z568M-tube-vfd-IN-18/321356330231?_trksid=p2047675.c100010.m2109&_trkparms=aid%3D555012%26algo%3DPW.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20131231084308%26meid%3D32c373bc264642348b89ae48c325360a%26pid%3D100010%26prg%3D20131231084308%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D24%26sd%3D321346505250

[Sture Nystrom]

Same link but shorter /Sture
http://www.ebay.com/itm/321356330231

Dman777 skrev 2014-08-22 07:49:

Is this the same kind of screen that was used on antique radars that I have seen on here?

http://www.ebay.com/itm/Rarest-NOS-NIB-NIXIE-MATRIX-screen-100x100-10000-Z568M-tube-vfd-IN-18/321356330231?_trksid=p2047675.c100010.m2109&_trkparms=aid%3D555012%26algo%3DPW.MBE%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D20131231084308%26meid%3D32c373bc264642348b89ae48c325360a%26pid%3D100010%26prg%3D20131231084308%26rk%3D3%26rkt%3D24%26sd%3D321346505250

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[Terry Kennedy]

On Friday, August 22, 2014 1:49:10 AM UTC-4, Dman777 wrote:

Is this the same kind of screen that was used on antique radars that I have seen on here?

The same seller has 2 more here, with more pictures: http://www.ebay.com/itm/321346505250

There are some discrepancies in the descriptions ("New" vs. "used, but good condition", etc.) I would confirm with the seller that you are getting a functional unit with all of the information needed to light it up and communicate with it. 

[Charles MacDonald]

Radar up to fairly recently was displayed on a CRT. I would guess like
everything else they now use a computer flat screen monitor.

A CRT allowed a lot of the Math needed for the radar display to be
actually done by analog means in the tube itself. Radar CRTS typically
have P7 Phosphor.


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[Alex]

I remember finding a website years ago, kind of a russian old electronic enthusiast / museum site, that had details on this display (or one very similar). It has a smaller sibling - bit like a 20x100 size, that cropped up on ebay quite often. It has nothing to do with radar, it is a neon based pixel display. The native panels, like shown in the second listing posted above, are a nightmare to drive iirc and use glow transfer to shift data along the rows. If that first listing includes a controller board with RAM and scanning circuits then its a nice display! For that money though, you would probably be better off getting an old panaplex / pinball machine display? Unless you like a challenge... 

- Alex

[Alex]

3 second google -> CNC machine display:

http://www.intech.by/mimc6205-e.htm