Welcome to the madhouse! Only kidding....lots of very knowledgeable and more importantly, friendly and helpful folks on this list. No such thing as a stupid question here (unless you ask the same one twice..... ha ha).
Cheers, Nick On Thu, Aug 5, 2021 at 3:34 PM gregebert <[email protected]> wrote: > "Abandon all hope ye who enter here".......it's too late to turn back; > nixie tubes are not only addictive, but they are known to cause other > addictions. > > On Thursday, August 5, 2021 at 6:57:47 AM UTC-7 Keith Moore wrote: > >> Welcome! This place is my fave read of the day each day! :-) >> >> On Wednesday, August 4, 2021 at 5:21:59 PM UTC-4 Terry Bowman wrote: >> >>> 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/cfef22e6-3f18-4eb7-88c3-081c03576cc6n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/cfef22e6-3f18-4eb7-88c3-081c03576cc6n%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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/CAOX%2BRHLam12ZLUREWF5KW8oiLmu9xO84Ys61cbw6_i9w8jvkgg%40mail.gmail.com.
