Marry Christmas to all!!! Sent from my iPhone
On Dec 24, 2011, at 7:01 AM, fixitsan <chefin...@gmail.com> wrote: > I would just like to wish all group members a Happy Christmas > > It is 10 years ago that I began my first experiments with nixie tubes, > when I decided that I wanted to make a nixie clock for my father's > 60th birthday present. So, beginning in November I ordered tubes, some > PICs, downloaded Microchip's MPLAB for the first time and taught > myself assembly language for PICs. It was a steep learning curve > considering the 10 week deadline, but I couldn't afford a higher level > language so battled on. > > Then my interest continued with an invite from Ray Weisling to join > the first nixie group, NEONIXIE-L on Yahoo, when he saw me selling > clock number 2 on eBay, which I made in order to pay for both clocks. > > It is nice to see so many of those members are also here, and with you > there is also a huge number of new people with an interest in nixies. > It is nice to know that so many people share an interest with > yourself ! > > Although I built the first clock alone, it is true to say that I would > not have improved my skills or opened my mind to some very interesting > ideas had it not been for my membership of that group, and the > support, the nagging, challenges and humour shared among all members > there, and now here. > > I seem to have taken those ideas sideways into developing the > Smartsocket concept, originally for neon based tubes and now for the > IV-17 vfd tubes which I first began experimenting with in 2007. (it > has been a slow project !) > > Merry Christmas and the best of the season to you all and your > families > > Chris > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "neonixie-l" group. > To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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 neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB.
