That looks really nice, what does it do? If you’re interested in minitrons, you 
can find them in used avionic equipment.

> On Oct 28, 2021, at 1:26 PM, peter bunge <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> Would anyone care to sell me an end view Numitron (DTF104B) to add to my 
> vintage digital working display?
> I would also like a DIP 7 segment incandescent display, or anything 
> interesting not in the picture. Nothing too new.
> The LED Bargraph and Magic Eye react to ambient sound.
> <20210803_093913.jpg>
> 
> 
> On Thu, Oct 28, 2021 at 1:41 PM Mark Moulding <[email protected]> wrote:
>> Er, you're not the only one with a stash of these.... :)
>> 
>> I'm glad to hear that - it means that there will be other projects showing 
>> up with them.  One of the reasons I like Numitrons so much, besides being 
>> incredibly easy to drive, is their longevity.  At rated voltage (which I 
>> don't actually know for these tubes, but expect to be around 4.5V), they 
>> have a rated life of 100,000 hours, and that goes up rapidly to infinity at 
>> slightly lower voltages.  There's also no cathode poisoning or other issues 
>> to worry about.  This all means that I'm comfortable building something with 
>> the last of an unobtanium part, knowing that it won't need replacement in my 
>> lifetime.
>> ~~
>> Mark Moulding
>> 
>> On Wednesday, October 27, 2021 at 11:02:53 AM UTC-7 Pramanicin wrote:
>>> Er, you're not the only one with a stash of these.... :)
>>> 
>>> They are nice looking tubes...
>>> 
>>> On Wed, Oct 27, 2021 at 10:50 AM Mark Moulding <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>> I have a pretty good sized collection of RCA DTF-104B Numitrons, which I 
>>>> think are especially attractive - they're large digits, in a flat-topped 
>>>> end-view tube.  They're quite rare now, and in fact I think I have most of 
>>>> the remaining world stock of these things (around 150 or so).  Although 
>>>> I've successfully used them in a couple of projects, I've never been able 
>>>> to locate a data sheet for them - does anyone have any pointers for this 
>>>> specific tube?
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks!
>>>> ~~
>>>> Mark Moulding
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> 
>>>> On Tuesday, October 26, 2021 at 2:21:21 PM UTC-7 Dekatron42 wrote:
>>>>> I knew I'd seen the number, and found them just now: 
>>>>> http://www.tube-tester.com/sites/nixie/dat_arch/Numitron_RCA_01.pdf at 
>>>>> the bottom of the page, they are development numbers for the DR2200 
>>>>> series.
>>>>> 
>>>>> /Martin
>>>>> 
>>>>> On Tuesday, 26 October 2021 at 22:21:47 UTC+2 Dekatron42 wrote:
>>>>>> Tubes designated DTF are development numbers used by Apollo/RCA - it 
>>>>>> says so at the bottom of their datasheets.
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> /Martin
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On Tuesday, 26 October 2021 at 21:43:52 UTC+2 Bartek Ogryz wrote:
>>>>>>> Hi!
>>>>>>> They appeared on eBay last days: DTF137, DTF138, DTF140 (or maybe 
>>>>>>> DTF/37, DTF/38, DTF/40). What are theese? Anyone has some more 
>>>>>>> knowledge about them?
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Bartek.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> BTW: If someone is interested in numitrons, quite rare Apollo DA-2500 
>>>>>>> are hiding on eBay: item no 254866404573. Unfortunatelly, as the seller 
>>>>>>> told me, all that have left, are without markings...
>>> 
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