Wow!! At USD 175 per tube, that's a significant return on an investment made years ago, should one ever want to sell any!
I bought most of my stash back when they were around USD 11 to 15. Heck, that's better than the stock market!!! Chuck > > > >---- Original Message ---- >From: [email protected] >To: [email protected] >Subject: RE: [neonixie-l] Re: B7971 NOS or simply old >Date: Mon, 27 May 2013 09:25:12 -0700 (PDT) > >>I have never seen a guaranteed-no-ambiguity-absolutely-certain-NOS >B7971. >>Its known that when the tubes were swapped out from Ultronics panels >that >>the removed tubes were normally fine (never seen a failed B7971 >either) and >>placed into the expanded polystyrene packing that the replacements >came in. >> >>The cynic in me says that the reason that the tubes have no markings >is >>that they've been washed to make them really clean, but of course, I >could >>be wrong... >> >>At USD 175 per tube, they'd better be something special.... I've got >quite >>a lot of these out in the field and in 15 years have never had one >fail - >>my oldest clock with these is over 20 years old and all the tubes >tick >>along nicely with no sign of aging. >> >>Nick >> >>-- >>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/msgid/neonixie-l/74ca8f87-9bae-44bb-bcb1- >8358115673cf%40googlegroups.com?hl=en-GB. >>For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out. >> >> >> $4.95/mo. National Dialup, Anti-Spam, Anti-Virus, 5mb personal web space. 5x faster dialup for only $9.95/mo. No contracts, No fees, No Kidding! See http://www.All2Easy.net for more details! -- 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/msgid/neonixie-l/380-220135127181548540%40all2easy.net?hl=en-GB. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
