Many of these tubes were used in frequency counters so yeah... they're really reliable tubes. They also look nice and have really fine anode screens in them.
Bill On Monday, September 28, 2020 at 2:31:25 PM UTC-7 [email protected] wrote: > Hey guys, I did manage to find some B-5870 on the internet after a short > search a few weeks ago, but prices are steep at £18.50 or so in the UK. I > wonder how rare they really are. If I am not mistaken they are among the > most recent Nixies and they were last made in 1973 vs first production of > LEDs in 1962 according to WiKi, so maybe there are still some large NOS out > there. Difficult to tell. GB-116D are extremely similar, probably just > rebranded but they are a touch cheaper [elsewhere on this group I recall > reading that 116Ds are less stable/reliable. At least it seems to me that > both 5870 and 116D are available and perhaps not as rare as I initially > thought or as implied by their price. > > Il giorno lunedì 28 settembre 2020 alle 22:06:19 UTC+1 newxito ha scritto: > >> @martin martin: nice clock! I like mix clocks. I wonder if anybody has >> made a full-mix clock, for example with a B-5870, an IN-16, an In-8, a >> Z5660M, an IN-18 and a R|Z568M… >> @nixiebunny: wow, so you had access to thousands of these nixies… lucky >> man… >> I’m glad to hear that they are reliable, thanks for the information. I >> was able to buy some more today, so I can now build the calculator and a >> clock! >> >> -- 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/da1737f9-bf6e-4d1a-987f-7829d20deda1n%40googlegroups.com.
