I'm always buying B7971s. If someone desperate for a few more tubes wants them, by all means sell 'em, if nobody steps forward, I'll buy them no problem. I have dreams of making a twitter message notification system from 7971 tubes and about 20 of the Cogwheel x8 boards (unless someone would like to step forward and create something more integrated and application specific) -- a Lectrascan type arrangement would be stellar, remember tweets are 140 chars and I need about 50 or more tubes to pull this off.
It's going to be a showpiece though, for sure, once it's done. I want to spare no expense in how it's built and shown, hoping Michael Barile might want to help me work out what it's going to look like, I think it's going to be sufficiently large that it will need to be able to be hung on a wall. You heard it here first, folks, I don't think anyone else has ever proposed reading tweets on a nixie display, it will go nicely with my friend and ex-employee's teletype that he has wired up to twitter, very retro-tech. Here's a photo of his teletype connected to one of our favorite ICB channels, it really makes me think I need a teletype next in my retro tech collection. Networked, of course. On 2011 Jun 17, at 16:45 , Terry S wrote: > I have a small number of B7971's surplus to my needs. I am offering > them here before eBay. > > These are used tubes, but all I've tested so far have been 100% good. > If you are interested or in need of tubes, shoot me an email with your > offer. Buyer will pay USPS flat rate priority mail shipping plus a > small amount to cover packing materials. US buyers only please. > > Payment terms will be cash, personal check (once cleared) or PayPal > with buyer covering fees. > > All tubes will be tested, marked, and photographed before shipping. > > Please don't be offended if I don't answer your email right away -- I > will take time to fairly weigh all offers. > > Terry > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
