Nixie Calculator

Name: Nixie Calculator
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Author: UNB SYSTEMS PTY LTD

A Beautiful Retro Calculator

Only for Mac

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UNB SYSTEMS PTY LTD
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MB

Mac

Showcasing the beauty of Nixie tubes that were used from the 1950's and are still available until today. Nixie tubes use layered vacuum tubes to show digits and have a characteristic orange glow. Nixie Calculator provides basic arithmetic functions consistent with the original devices - with a few modern additions. You can make it easy to launch as a Menu bar item by enabling this in Settings/Preferences. The calculator displays a paper tape line that has a very clear format to show your calculations . A Paper Tape list can also be opened to show and reuse your calculations. This list has options such as selecting and filtering favourites to help you organise. There are many other features and a wide number of settings and preferences available. You can unlock use of Color Layouts with a purchase in settings/preferences. Please enjoy this calculator that combines one of the first display technologies with state of the art in PC technology.

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Nixie is nifty!
01/29/2022

UhClem2K
Nixie is a basic calculator and that's exactly what I was looking for to replace the widget that went away with Catalina. It looks good and does everything I need...which includes a memory function. I didn't want the clutter of a scientific calculator (but the addition of an exponent key would not be unwelcome).Good job.

Developer Response
Thanks. You can simply press E (lower case - e) to enter an exponent in either the small or the scientific mode. v1.74 that is about to be released includes an option in preferences to add your own keyboard shortcuts for all the functions available. You can see all the existing shortcuts in this preference screen.
Nixie is nifty!
01/29/2022

UhClem2K

Nixie is a basic calculator and that's exactly what I was looking for to replace the widget that went away with Catalina. It looks good and does everything I need...which includes a memory function. I didn't want the clutter of a scientific calculator (but the addition of an exponent key would not be unwelcome).Good job.
Developer Response 01/30/2022
Thanks. You can simply press E (lower case - e) to enter an exponent in either the small or the scientific mode. v1.74 that is about to be released includes an option in preferences to add your own keyboard shortcuts for all the functions available. You can see all the existing shortcuts in this preference screen.
Great little calculator, but a few suggestions
06/06/2023

Sidlish7
There's nothing "wrong" with it per se. It's the best calculator for how I use it... But it would be awesome if... 1)... the full calculator (that can be moved around the screen, not attached to top bar) could run without a dock icon being visible, that would be cool (just no need for the dock icon). I say this cause I leave it constantly on and just hide/show it via the following ->2) If we could record a shortcut to open/close the calculator. I'm currently doing this with Better Touch Tool and using command ; ...command l (L) is more convenient but sadly already in use in the nixie.... See Calculator Pro Topbar (or whatever their free version is) if you don't know what I mean (sadly that calculator barely functions now as the maker hasn't updated it in eons, it crashes constantly, again, talking about another calc, not Nixie).

Developer Response
Thanks for the feedback and suggestions. We will see what can be incorporated as an option to hide the dock icon when running and to include a shortcut command (from the Shortcuts apps) to simply open the calculator. Update: Version 2.13 includes a Shortcuts App action to open the calculator. An option to remove the dock icon when the app is running has been investigated, however this unfortunately introduces some problems and makes the app more complex to use.
Great little calculator, but a few suggestions
06/06/2023

Sidlish7

There's nothing "wrong" with it per se. It's the best calculator for how I use it... But it would be awesome if... 1)... the full calculator (that can be moved around the screen, not attached to top bar) could run without a dock icon being visible, that would be cool (just no need for the dock icon). I say this cause I leave it constantly on and just hide/show it via the following ->2) If we could record a shortcut to open/close the calculator. I'm currently doing this with Better Touch Tool and using command ; ...command l (L) is more convenient but sadly already in use in the nixie.... See Calculator Pro Topbar (or whatever their free version is) if you don't know what I mean (sadly that calculator barely functions now as the maker hasn't updated it in eons, it crashes constantly, again, talking about another calc, not Nixie).
Developer Response 07/07/2023
Thanks for the feedback and suggestions. We will see what can be incorporated as an option to hide the dock icon when running and to include a shortcut command (from the Shortcuts apps) to simply open the calculator. Update: Version 2.13 includes a Shortcuts App action to open the calculator. An option to remove the dock icon when the app is running has been investigated, however this unfortunately introduces some problems and makes the app more complex to use.
The best calculator for MAC.
03/28/2023

Paustinik
The numbers are big and every calculation is recorded and displayed to help keep track of what calculations the owner is doing. It has scientific and also a basic model that one can use per program.
The best calculator for MAC.
03/28/2023

Paustinik

The numbers are big and every calculation is recorded and displayed to help keep track of what calculations the owner is doing. It has scientific and also a basic model that one can use per program.
Great calculator
Mar 4

phlipsan
Well laid out, easy to read, easy to use, resizable, has memory tape if you want it, it's customizable. Focused on calculations, which is what I need.
Great calculator
Mar 4

phlipsan

Well laid out, easy to read, easy to use, resizable, has memory tape if you want it, it's customizable. Focused on calculations, which is what I need.

Minor fixes for the click and drag resizing and removing some white space from the papertape list.

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