Nice find. There's a pair of E1T tubes on Ebay, in case you decide to replace the broken tube.
The display appears to be split into 2 sections (2-digit and 3-digit). I suppose you could make a clock with 4 functioning tubes (Hours on the left, minutes on the right). Might be interesting to have the rightmost digit indicate tenths of a minute if you replace the broken tube. Of course, you may just want to keep the tubes and make your own clock + case from scratch. The advantage of doing that is you can shrink the size using modern components so your attention is focused on the tubes. As it is now, the front panel is quite large, and to read the tubes you have to focus closely. In contrast, conventional clocks only require a quick glance to read. Years ago I scrapped a Berkeley Instruments universal counter; it's construction is somewhat similar because it too had plug-in modules for displaying 0-9, except that individual neon bulbs were used. -- 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/6437d7d1-ceb7-450a-9b8c-e1825998d037%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
