“There are some NL-5440s up for auction with sockets right now, but with no bids, and we both wondered why” I think there auction is too expensive.84$ for six tubes. I have many tube in stock before,but I have sold on ebay last weeks. But I think someone will sell to your friend. Good Luck! Fang
On Sunday, July 7, 2013 1:04:53 AM UTC+8, Chuck wrote: > > Greetings everyone! > > I am currently offering to help a friend of mine, who > is new to nixie tubes. > > He is a retired telephone company switching tech, and he > has a solid electronics background. He has made a few > scratchbuilt clocks, and has them running using 7-segment > LED readouts. > > He also has built an all-relay clock based on the > circuit drawing of the Western Electric #5 crossbar > telephone exchange's "time of day" clock. That is a sight > (and sound) to behold. Its visual output is lamps. > > He did find and purchased some 7441 driver ics and I gave > him a few various nixies to test. I also gave him a copy > of the National Readout Tube data brochure. > > Lately he has been scouring ebay looking at various tubes. > There are some NL-5440s up for auction with sockets right > now, but with no bids, and we both wondered why. > > That reminded me of the infamous Richardson bulk buy of > 5 or 6 years ago, when those thousands of NL-5440s and > NL-840s were purchased. > > So, I am asking here on this forum, in behalf of my > friend, if anyone out there might be willing to wheel > and deal on some of those Richardson bulk buy tubes. > > (Or any other tubes, for that matter...) > Such as 8422. Any of those out there for sale? > > He is only looking for maybe ten or a dozen tubes > and with sockets if available. > > Just thought I'd ask here to see what might be out there. > > Thank you! > > Chuck Richards > > > > > $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/b32590e4-d810-4114-90bf-36a2f0ffa3b5%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
