On Feb 27, 2:57 pm, Alex <[email protected]> wrote: > Terry, shame about that IV-26 clock - that's the big version too! I bought > a load of IV-26 tubes a while ago before realising there are 3 types (watch > out for that sort of thing with the Russian tubes, John!)
The clock is happy now, and I even wrote up an article on making replacement faceplates: http://www.tmk.com/blog/?p=525 That particular clock is the "cost-reduced" 11-tube version which uses the unobtainable Type II tubes. There's also the 12-tube version - all of those that I've seen actually have all the solder pads for Type I tubes, regardless of whether they were built with Type I or Type II tubes. The "baby" Elektronika 7 clocks use 4 Type III tubes per digit. Those tubes are still readily available (as are the Type I), but they're really only good for that particular clock as the dots aren't controllable individually. The Type I is the version of the IV-26 where each dot is individually controlled. More Elektronika articles from me: http://www.tmk.com/blog/?p=310 http://www.tmk.com/blog/?p=419 -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
