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Bill - If you end with a few leftover, say less than a set of 6, I will make an offer to buy them. I have a few of these for a future clock and need a few spares. On Saturday, October 31, 2020 at 11:25:37 AM UTC-7 Bill van Dijk wrote: > Hi Folks, > > > > At some point in our lives we come to the realization that many of these > projects which have been on the planning board forever are not going to > happen. I have a few of those, and for some I have a number of parts that > are now surplus to my (more realistically updated) requirements. Since > there is nobody in my immediate circle interested in any of it, and I don’t > feel like going through FleaBay, I like to offer some of them up here if > that is allowed. If not, please advise and I won’t. > > > > The first item is a bunch (45) of NOS blue GE Y1938 VFD tubes. > Information about them can be found on Dieter’s site ( > http://www.tube-tester.com/sites/nixie/datvfd/Y-1938-blue/y-1938-bl.htm). > They are rare, very rugged 7 segment VFD tubes with a standard 9-pin tube > base. It fits in the same socket as for instance a 12AX7 tube. These VFD’s > do not have a control grid, and therefore cannot be multiplexed. > > > > I am not sure what their value is today, I cannot find a lot of recent > listings for them, although at one time a set of 6 sold for $119 on > FleaBay. That seems a bit high, so I would like to offer the whole set of > 45 for a minimum of $225 CAN, (they are located in Ottawa, Canada) plus > whatever shipping costs (including customs if applicable) will be to your > location. > > > > Please make offers to my PM only to spare everyone here the chatter! > > > > Since I am not sure of the true value of these tubes, I will wait one week > for offers, and sell to the highest bidder. > > > > Thanks, and my apologies if this is not allowed. I just wanted someone on > this list to have the opportunity to get them. > > > > Bill. > -- 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/ececdf1e-4159-46da-9e3b-75d450dd9832n%40googlegroups.com.
