Actually, the B-7971 and her two other multi-segment siblings are not
generic Nixie tubes, they are Pandicon tubes in a Nixie housing, i.e.
parasites ;-) ;-)
I think that is why I never really liked those. They are certainly
appealing, but they lack the Nixie-ish stack of digits which in turn
makes the Nixie tubes' readout so fascinating for me.
Jens
PS: The thread title does not quite match the discussion anymore, mods?
Am 05.06.2011 03:56, schrieb Greg P:
I think you're going to have to fire up the Wayback Machine to find
NOS ones.
Tammy can you here me? ;-)
On Jun 4, 7:25 pm, MichaelB<[email protected]> wrote:
I have to admit, lately I too have become smitten with the B7971 tube.
It's a really nice stalwart hunk of glass that seems to run forever. I
would REALLY like to know if there are any NOS 7971's still out there.
There must be, somewhere? Yes?
On Jun 4, 9:10 am, Wayne de Geere III<[email protected]> wrote:
I bought the first Nixisat from Jeff, a cylinder one in Dec '03. Then the bug
bit again in late '08 and found a wood base one on eBay, snatched it up, the
seller just happened to be John Miktuk who wrote the firmware. Later he
discovered a Nixisat base, one of his development prototypes and I bought that
one as well and i populated it with all red Z568M tubes in it for something
different.
Since then the nixie fever has only gotten worse, but for the better. :) I
can't count anymore the number of tubes and clocks, I suppose that means I have
definitely arrived.
I came in at the tail-end of the MOD_SIX project and purchased #49 and #50 of
the first production run, I can't wait to put my 7971 tubes to use, I haven't
been this excited about anything in a while though I'm also ordering two of the
Cogwheel X8 kits as well, I am intrigued with the idea of a bunch of
alphanumeric nixies with a Bluetooth computer interface, I am really excited to
see what can be done with it.
Sent from my iPad 2 3G
On Jun 2, 2011, at 20:13, Greg P<[email protected]> wrote:
Wayne,
Damn, you're lucky enough to have 3 of Jeff's NixiSat's....at least
you got them when the price was right.
I like the 9020AA's but don't have any, and I have a stash of B7971's
that I have earmarked for one of Michael Barile and Carl Ott's MOD_SIX
that I ordered. Glad to hear you want to commission Michael for a
Z568M piece, his clocks are absolutely amazing and his workmanship is
impeccable....
Good luck on your quest for the unobtainum.
On Jun 2, 3:06 am, Wayne de Geere III<[email protected]> wrote:
I'm a big fan of Jeff's clocks. Back in December 2003 I paused and wondered if
$1200 was too much to spend on a clock. At the time Jeff was also selling spare
Z568M tubes to purchasers of his clocks for $35 each. My first from him was a
cylindrical Nixisat. At that time he had already sold 8 of the 10 cylinder
Nixisats in that round acrylic enclosure, I have cursed myself ever since for
not having bought both. That was the beginning of my nixie clock fever and now,
thousands of dollars in tubes and clocks later, I keep my eyes open for those
parting with Jeff's clocks on eBay, they don't come around that often, people
just don't let them go.
My "tube of 2011" is turning out to be the B-7971, I've been gathering them
from the four corners of the globe for Cogwheel's X8 bluetooth, the MOD-SIX_7971 project
and some other FLW devices as they come around.
I've also recently bought a few B8971s (the smaller version of the B7971) but I
don't have anything to put them into... yet.
On my long term "must have" list are the Rodan CD47 and F9020AA tube clocks.
I'm also hoping to commission Michael Barile to create a Z568M clock or two as well, I'm
a big fan and most of his clocks as they are derived from Jeff Thomas GPS disciplined
hardware and John Miktuk's firmware.
What other tubes are others particularly enchanted in?
On 2011 Jun 01, at 18:42 , Greg P wrote:
Wayne I'm glad someone else agrees with my opinion of the Z568M/
Z5680M's... You have good taste in clocks...Jeff's pieces are
amazing.
On Jun 1, 9:20 pm, Wayne de Geere III<[email protected]> wrote:
I do agree and I currently own three Z568M/Z5680M clocks, all from Jeff Thomas.
They really are in so many ways the perfect large nixie, proportionally as well
as filament shape. I think the IN-18 tubes are a smaller, more affordable
version and I've given several of Jeff's Nixichron clocks as gifts, everyone
who has received one has been delighted by them.
On 2011 Jun 01, at 17:03 , Greg P wrote:
I might be in the minority here, but I still think the Z568M Z5680M's
are by far the most attractive and properly proportioned Nixie I've
ever seen.
CD47's may be big, but the shapes of the digits are too stretched out
and not very proportional IMHO. Just look at the number 4 cathode,
with it's funky shape and off center glowing lead off bottom standoff..
Maybe I would think differently if I owned a set, but not a high
priority for my collection, especially at those prices.
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