> 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


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