I remember watching the XM1000 auction on Ebay a few years ago; I believe a set of 4 went from 400 USD to over 2000 in the last few seconds. Their rectangular shape had a better appearance I thought.
The driver circuit is quite simple and inexpensive: eight MC14094 will control 6 tubes and will cost about 4 USD (50 cents each). The annoyance is the series grid resistor, you need 60, but SMT devices are very cheap, so another 1 USD for those. I use socket pins, with a 3D-printed collar for the tube socket. The anode clip is also 3D printed. -- 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 view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/fa7ee8d1-626b-4aa8-88ae-0931f24fd780o%40googlegroups.com.
