> On Aug 4, 2021, at 2:39 PM, Richard Nicewonger <[email protected]> wrote: > > My particular interest is not necessarily clocks (although I do have a nixie > version) but more toward calculators and test equipment using these type of > displays. I am always a sucker for more of these that may require some work > to be operational. Sometimes I shoot myself in the foot because of the > difficulty in finding replacement parts for 50+ year old equipment, > especially displays!
You're in good company. The cost of replacement tubes is rising at an increasingly non-linear rate. Service manuals range from free pdfs to over-priced eBay listings to non-existent. As for other parts, there are those lighted push-buttons on my Systron-Donner Time Code Generator/Reader. My apologies for complaining about this at least three times before but the d*mn thing is working perfectly and all it needs is a fix for those broken caps! > I hope to get some insight from knowledgeable folks here. So, looking forward > to having some interesting and useful conversations. You came to the right place. I shot myself in the foot by not joining up a year earlier. 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/AE791883-CC19-47BF-A1AF-8DCB6F1250E4%40gmail.com.
