> On Jun 10, 2021, at 7:02 AM, Bill Notfaded <[email protected]> wrote: > > Nope Terry I didn't buy that one and didn't pay that much but it still want > cheap. This comes with the real box.
Cool. > On Jun 10, 2021, at 7:11 AM, Bill Notfaded <[email protected]> wrote: > > To me the box is a huge plus. I collect old Christmas lights and the box is an essential part of the set. I've bought a number of empty boxes. Items such as bubble lights are valuable enough that having the box is just icing on a cake. > I'm kinda like that even with old test gear I often collect the original > manuals to go with the device even if I have to find it separately. For me they're a must-have. What if I have to repair it? > I'm eventually going to do like you guys and put a website together to > document it all. Be sure to use the Panama canal approach: build the infrastructure before shoveling dirt. Aside from setting up a "site", there are other workflows to master such as taking photos and scanning/OCRing documents. > I have a cross over hobby collecting nixie tube frequency counters. I've got > a LOT of them If you run out of room let me know. I'm especially keen on decimal displays and timecode devices that can be used as a clock: https://www.astarcloseup.com/2019/05/systron-donner-8350-readergenerator.html <https://www.astarcloseup.com/2019/05/systron-donner-8350-readergenerator.html> I'll ask again: does anyone know of a way to repair the backlit pushbutton caps on my 8350? The plastic has lost elasticizer and the prongs that hold the cap in place snap like twigs when I pull one off. I need to put some photos of that up. Hmm... Terry Bowman, KA4HJH "The Mac Doctor" https://www.astarcloseup.com “...the book said something astonishing, a very big thought. The stars, it said, were suns but very far away. The Sun was a star but close up.”—Carl Sagan, "The Backbone Of Night", Cosmos, 1980 -- 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/73EDA937-C0BB-4F62-A24F-8C3658D27CDC%40gmail.com.
