Woahhh calm down... I was just trying to make it clear for anyone reading
that they arent the same part exactly- to eliminate any possible future
confusion.
I dont have all 3 on hand so I cant give you complete comparisons but 6977s
are thinner and longer than iv-15s...

On Tue, Feb 8, 2022, 6:22 PM Michail Wilson <[email protected]> wrote:

> I’m sorry.
>
>
>
> You are absolutely right, but it would be nice if you could elaborate
> instead of just saying they are not.
>
>
>
> Other than being from different manufactures and having different part
> numbers and many other things, like glass, exact size, etc, they are 100%
> different.
>
>
>
> If you relax a little, my point was that all three are Spiral’s.   My
> comment was regarding the appearance of a spiral and not the exact
> similarities and differences.
>
>
>
> Michail
>
>
>
> *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> *On
> Behalf Of *Audrey
> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 8, 2022 3:12 PM
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Sylvania Florotron Display. 8894
>
>
>
> Theyre similar but I know that the 6977 and iv-15 are not identical
>
>
>
> On Tue, Feb 8, 2022, 6:11 PM Michail Wilson <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I was referring to your clock.  Love it.
>
>
>
> I was just trying to say the spiral tubes are great – All three are the
> same thing -- IV-15, DM160, 6977
>
>
>
>
>
> Michail Wilson
>
> 206-920-6312
>
>
>
> *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> *On
> Behalf Of *Paul Andrews
> *Sent:* Tuesday, February 8, 2022 6:42 AM
> *To:* neonixie-l <[email protected]>
> *Subject:* Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Sylvania Florotron Display. 8894
>
>
>
> If you're referring to my clock, they are IV-15.
>
> On Monday, February 7, 2022 at 6:06:28 PM UTC-5 M1 wrote:
>
> A clock was posted with the colons.  Love the spiral.
>
>
>
> I found them to be:
>
> IV-15 or DM160 or 6977
>
>
>
> I bought a bunch thinking they were a lot bigger and was disappointed with
> the size, but still like them.
>
>
>
> Was surprised when I just checked to see their prices.   Damn.
>
>
>
> Michail Wilson
>
> 206-920-6312 <(206)%20920-6312>
>
>
>
> *From:* [email protected] <[email protected]> *On Behalf
> Of *Audrey
> *Sent:* Saturday, February 5, 2022 9:14 AM
> *To:* [email protected]
> *Subject:* Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Sylvania Florotron Display. 8894
>
>
>
> Nice little collection bill :), wonderful tubes either way of course
>
>
>
> On Sat, Feb 5, 2022, 8:34 AM Bill Notfaded <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> I love these tube with and without mica.  When I first saw them without
> mica I had to have some because they are unlike any other VFD I've ever
> seen!
>
> Bill
>
> On Friday, February 4, 2022 at 10:16:44 AM UTC-7 [email protected] wrote:
>
> Hi Bill, the DT-1704A, DT-1704B, DT-1705A and DT-1705B Digivac tubes
> actually had true floating segments without mica sheets, the later DT-1704C
> and DT-1705C tubes implemented the mics sheet, probably a good change for
> reliability.
>
>
>
> On Fri, Feb 4, 2022, 5:44 AM Bill Notfaded <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Awesome thanks for the datasheet!  It looked to me similar to the other
> what I call floating VFD on mica type tubes like a handful of others.
>
>
>
> Bill
>
> On Thursday, February 3, 2022 at 7:01:53 PM UTC-7 charles wrote:
>
> According to the original data sheet the 8894 is more or less standard
> 7 segment VFD. clipping from the TCA Data Cache.
>
>
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