Tandy (in the UK) was my introduction into electronics. Also a lesson is
correct part ordering.
I ordered the parts for a Babini nixie clock, late 70's. TTL; 7400, 7490, 7441
and nixie tubes, can't remember the type. What I didn't check was that nearly
evetything was in packs of 2 or 3 and the prices were per part. Bill came to
£30+. OK in todaya terms for nixies not much. In late 70's, earing $1.50 for my
paper round, that was a real "oh shit" moment
CheersIan
On Monday, 10 February 2020, 15:39:56 GMT, Robert G. Schaffrath
<[email protected]> wrote:
On Sunday, February 2, 2020 at 2:46:55 PM UTC-5, gregebert wrote:
I'll take a dozen NL7037......
I do remember getting one of these catalogs from Radio Shack back in the 70's;
pages and pages really neat stuff.
I had a catalog too from Radio Shack as they were also owned by Tandy. The
prices from Allied even then were not the greatest. They were really aimed at
businesses that could simply write off the cost as a business expense. The only
thing I ever bought from Allied were some special Chicago Miniature light bulbs
that I could not find anywhere else.
Looking at the price of the NL-8422, which is basically the same as an IN-12,
that $15.75 was about a days pay at minimum wage. I would have had to deliver a
lot of newspapers to afford just one. Of course even now I would spring for an
NL-7037 if I could find one. Two inch character height - wow!
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