Welcome Rich... I too collect nixie tube test equipment including calculators, frequency counters, scalers with dekatrons, and nixie voltmeters. I even have some X,Y machining displays. I've been wanting to take some time to document some them. Once I get a piece of classic display technology gear then I'm always looking for the original manuals to go with them as well! It's kinda a sickness.
Bill On Thursday, August 5, 2021 at 7:15:26 PM UTC-7 Pramanicin wrote: > 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/4db70b30-578c-44fb-bca5-2f7bf20d4143n%40googlegroups.com.
