> Not to mention a lack of affordable tubes....7971's aren't very common on > EBay, and when they do appear, the price skyrockets. > I'm not a fan of segmented displays, so I've wondered if it's even possible > to make a tube with 26 cathodes (A-Z), and perhaps fewer if you got clever by > splitting letters with similar shapes, such as O,Q,C and I,T. Apparently > Burroughs made 'alpha' tubes with letters A-M and N-Z (with a few letters > missing) but I've never seen one. And neither is a full alphabet.
However, there are some NL-40225AL available on fleabay (auction 251387544213), displaying A, B, C, D, E, +, and -. $5.62 apiece. Not my auction (but I bought some). http://www.tube-tester.com/sites/nixie/data/B-40225-AL/b-40225-al.htm - John -- 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/A27F885B-236E-46E8-8906-DCA6DE94BB80%40mac.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
