I was thinking of this as a buy for the tube value alone. Then give those tubes 
to Michael Barile who would make me a fantastic Barile/Thomas Nixisat derived 
clock or clocks with those tubes.

On Sep 5, 2014, at 12:38 PM, MichaelB <[email protected]> wrote:

> "Seems silly to me to save a few dollars by multiplexing when the tubes are 
> so costly." My thoughts exactly!
> 
> On Friday, September 5, 2014 12:10:27 PM UTC-7, gregebert wrote:
> Yep, thought so, sir Nick.  Seems a shame to drive these beauties any any 
> other way than direct drive. 
> 
> Judging by the photos on Ebay, which show rather dim digits, I would guess 
> the tubes are multiplexed at their rated-current, which reduces brightness vs 
> direct-drive.
> I definitely would not boost the current to compensate for this; much safer 
> to make a new clock with direct-drive.
> 
> Seems silly to me to save a few dollars by multiplexing when the tubes are so 
> costly.
> 
> 
> 3500 euros.....definitely not in my budget even if I were to sell the other 6 
> tubes and attempt to justify it as a wedding-anniversary gift
> 
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