On Nov 9, 2:25 pm, David Forbes <[email protected]> wrote: > By the way, I have a Haydu Brothers box with a defective 6700 tube in it. It > has > little stickers that say, "A subsidiary of Burroughs Corp." stuck on every > side > of the box. Naturally, it was a gift from Tom Jennings. > > It includes a data sheet. I could scan it if you're interested.
I'd be interested in seeing the datasheet, as well as a photo of the box and tube. The only transitional specimen of 6700 that I have is a first-run Burroughs branded example, which has a white label and the unobtainium MO-10 part number. The box is a standard Haydu box, but it has a white label affixed to the top with typical military white box information. Instead of coming from Plainfield, NJ, its origin is Portland, ME. The shipping date is 6/1957, placing it right at the point where Burroughs abandoned the Haydu branding. On Nov 9, 3:22 pm, Nick <[email protected]> wrote: > On Nov 9, 2:44 pm, Accutron <[email protected]> wrote: > ...> The Wikipedia Nixie tube page is horrible and wrong on many issues, > > and should be ignored by all thinking individuals. > > ... > > Please - do us all a favour and update it. Some of us have had a go at > bits (I did the citations and some other parts about lifespan and > Penning mixtures etc.) but the history is bunk (!) > > Just go for it - we'll support you! > > Cheers Okay, I suppose I'll give it a shot. Jens: on the subject of Inditrons in the 1940s, that's just wrong. We were once given bad information as to the Inditron's age, and had a date estimate of 1940s up on our site for some time. We have since corrected that information, but it's quite likely that our estimate was regurgitated on various sites. We're the first site to have the Inditron datasheet, and we're the first site to say definitively that the Inditron was released in 1954, with plenty of evidence to back it up. There were also no Telefunken Nixies in the 1940s. Based on what I know about Eric Barbour, I would take most things he says with a grain of salt. Micah Mabelitini http://www.decadecounter.com/ -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB.
