I've seen similar Russian VFD panels on Ebay: http://www.ebay.com/itm/MONSTER-UNIQUE-GIANT-ULTRA-RARE-BIG-VFD-DIGIT-MATRIX-DISPLAY-TUBE-USSR-CLOCK/261694839768 http://www.ebay.com/itm/MULTI-COLOR-MONSTER-UNIQUE-GIANT-ULTRA-RARE-BIG-VFD-DIGIT-MATRIX-DISPLAY-TUBE/251754583859
They use some interesting connectors! On Wed, Feb 25, 2015 at 1:46 AM, Terry Kennedy <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tuesday, February 24, 2015 at 5:40:53 AM UTC-5, Alex wrote: >> >> Those have been on ebay for a good while from the same seller, I was >> tempted a while ago but they are just too high a $ for my taste. The >> displays panels themselves are, if i recall from reading somewhere, a >> nightmare to drive as they use glow transfer to scan in data, so >> essentially gas based multiplexing. Those for 250 do look like they come >> with some soviet era wizardry in the box and he states are parallel 8 bit >> interfaces (LPT port...). >> >> I think I actually looked around at the time and discovered they were >> used on soviet CNC machines - I even found a Russian companies website >> offering LCD replacements for them. >> > > I have a 512x512 VFD version in my collection. It is either a prototype or > a part that failed testing, since there are no printed markings on it, just > a number of comments like "Dud" scratched into the glass on the back (in > Cyrillic). I was unable to get it to do anything at all, unlike the > submarine one I posted about earlier. I guess it is just blue-green, though > it is possible it is multi-color or RGB. Here are some pictures: > > http://www.tmk.com/transient/6F5S8652-s.jpg > http://www.tmk.com/transient/6F5S8654-s.jpg > > -- > You received this message because you are subscribed to a topic in the > Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/neonixie-l/fpCbLQegZYk/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an email to > [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > To view this discussion on the web, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/d3d1bb0b-9d39-4bb2-904e-27c2c5a8e5de%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/d3d1bb0b-9d39-4bb2-904e-27c2c5a8e5de%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > > For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. > -- 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/CACGiRxhDx3B1zRMSfwz9RnBRMGy%3D32XcJVLsGNUgEPz2LpZGcA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
