I'd buy one if I thought I could get the tubes but some of these tubes have 
problems out there I've seen... it's great you found a lot of good ones.  I 
know some have had some success reviving them.  I almost bought a bunch of 
the last ones from PV Electronics but decided against it.  I've still got 
you on the B-8091's though!

Bill

On Sunday, March 29, 2020 at 3:21:38 PM UTC-7, Mahdi Al Husseini wrote:
>
> Thanks Martin! Yes I have two remaining. Not kits though, since I had the 
> whole board professionally assembled (each board has 120+ discrete 
> transistors!). I’m willing to sell the set-up at cost since everything I’ve 
> paid into it I consider sunk.
>
> Everything finished to include the etched anodized aluminum, black 
> acrylic, and standoffs would probably run around 300-350$ with shipping 
> (tubes not included of course!). You don’t need eight to make the display 
> work, it’ll take whatever you have, and you can set a soft limit in the 
> code 
>
> If anyone’s interested, just let me know
>
> On Sun, Mar 29, 2020 at 5:13 PM martin martin <[email protected] 
> <javascript:>> wrote:
>
>> excellent work!
>> Kits avail?
>>
>>
>>
>> ~
>> *[email protected] <javascript:>*
>>
>>
>> On Sun, Mar 29, 2020 at 2:39 PM Mahdi Al Husseini <[email protected] 
>> <javascript:>> wrote:
>>
>>> Thanks Kevin! They did end up being quite long - but all in all, quite 
>>> inexpensive to produce.
>>>
>>> I did! I have two designs - a more traditional boost converter, and a 
>>> switching supply. Both exist on boards of the same size, so they can be 
>>> swapped in/out as needed. A while ago I realized that instead of building 
>>> my power supplies on to the main board, I can produce smaller HVPS boards 
>>> and mount them on. Has saved me a lot of $ and time.
>>>
>>> Mahdi
>>>
>>> On Sun, Mar 29, 2020 at 2:59 PM Kevin A. <[email protected] 
>>> <javascript:>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Awesome work Mahdi. Those are some huge boards to mount up all the 
>>>> tubes in one row. Must be nice to just sit there and admire the glow. Did 
>>>> you do your own high voltage power supply? 
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Mar 24, 2020, 7:13 PM Mahdi Al Husseini <[email protected] 
>>>> <javascript:>> wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Thank you both! Yes, it's quite unfortunate indeed - I have been 
>>>>> searching for a while. Pete at PVElectronics used to have a large stash, 
>>>>> but that's all gone now
>>>>>
>>>>> On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 2:33 PM 'Ian Vine' via neonixie-l <
>>>>> [email protected] <javascript:>> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>>> Nice work dude
>>>>>>
>>>>>> IanV
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tuesday, 24 March 2020, 18:10:38 GMT, Nicholas Stock <
>>>>>> [email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: 
>>>>>>
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Very very nice Mahdi! Shame these tubes are so hard to find.... :(
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 10:31 AM Mahdi Al Husseini <
>>>>>> [email protected] <javascript:>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Correction* The POST form is fed into a PHP script that then logs the 
>>>>>> data into a SQL database*
>>>>>>
>>>>>> On Tue, Mar 24, 2020 at 1:29 PM Mahdi Al Husseini <[email protected] 
>>>>>> <javascript:>> wrote:
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hi, all,
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Just thought to share the finished product - an eight-digit ZM1350 
>>>>>> panaplex display with IR RX capability. Quite a simple set-up 
>>>>>> circuit-wise, 
>>>>>> direct drive, very similar to that of the smart sockets seen in the 
>>>>>> past, 
>>>>>> but on a single board. Etched black anodized aluminum outside with a 
>>>>>> black 
>>>>>> acrylic buffer separating the aluminum from the circuit board. Works 
>>>>>> great. 
>>>>>> A couple of my ZM1350s have fading segments, but that is to be expected 
>>>>>> I 
>>>>>> suppose. 
>>>>>>
>>>>>> What proved more difficult (for me anyhow) was setting up the 
>>>>>> back-end to work seamlessly between the ESP32 and SSL protocols. It took 
>>>>>> some snooping around, but i've managed to make near immediate 
>>>>>> submissions 
>>>>>> to the ZM1350 display from my website at 
>>>>>> https://www.mahdial-husseini.com/ZM1350. Essentially, the POST form 
>>>>>> from my website logs the data in a SQL database. That database is 
>>>>>> queried 
>>>>>> (and appropriately parsed) at regular intervals by the ESP32 with the 
>>>>>> proper certificates, and compares timestamps. A working knowledge of 
>>>>>> html, 
>>>>>> CSS, JS, XML, C, PHP, and SQL all came in handy here!
>>>>>>
>>>>>> A few folks purchased ESP8266 based B7971 7 tube displays from me in 
>>>>>> the past; I am working to set-up a similar system for you all to submit 
>>>>>> text to your displays online with your own unique SQL databases. 
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Hope you like, thanks! I'll comment my GitHub repo with all the code 
>>>>>> here shortly. 
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Al
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