"unless there is something really neat going on with the industrial design" <- THIS.
It is entirely possible that all the electronic "guts" will be reengineered using current technology, but once the box is closed, I want it to look and behave exactly as my dad's clocks. On Wednesday, March 13, 2013 9:30:05 AM UTC-7, Adam Jacobs wrote: > > Is a 1970's nixie clock design really the best idea in this day and age? > I mean, unless there is something really neat going on with the > industrial design? > Electronics have come a long way since then. a Nixie clock built using > TTL logic is probably not the most cost-effective (or feature complete) > choice. > > -Adam > > On 3/13/2013 9:02 AM, Dan Helphrey wrote: > > Hi, All! > > > > I'm new to the group, having joined because of a current project. I > > have a nixie clock design of my father's from the 70s that I am hoping > > to put back into production (my dad was ahead of his time - he lost > > his shirt on these clocks in the 70s, but I'm pretty sure I can sell > > some now). To do this I'll need a lot of NOS nixies. I'm trying to > > find out if 5870 (preferably 5870s) nixies still exist in large enough > > quantities for a production run - if that doesn't work out then the > > next step will be figuring out how much redesign will be needed to > > switch to Russian IN-16s. > > > > Anyway, does anyone know of a good source for large quantities? > > > > Thanks! > > > > Dan, mad architect, son of a mad scientist > > -- > > 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] <javascript:>. > > To post to this group, send an email to > > [email protected]<javascript:>. > > > To view this discussion on the web, visit > > https://groups.google.com/d/msg/neonixie-l/-/SozFV2tufzQJ. > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. > > > > > > -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msg/neonixie-l/-/0aTPHoTVDMkJ. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
