So sorry - the unit on the bay is the 'regular' single digit type NIMO tube. - Richard
On Thursday, 22 September 2022 at 05:55:28 UTC+1 Richard Scales wrote: > There is a single unit on the bay right now in the UK. > https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/115535226656 > <https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/115535226656?fbclid=IwAR3IALwcHyLAUptCye7RO4Rtq7gH1i_2eMszNnNxfPxDQo8-AbvWzyXYIBs> > Not my auction etc. > - Richard > > > On Wednesday, 21 September 2022 at 23:38:38 UTC+1 gregebert wrote: > >> Heh-heh....I would gladly by a dozen at that price.... >> >> On Wednesday, September 21, 2022 at 3:37:30 PM UTC-7 gregebert wrote: >> >>> There was another twist on the NIMO tube that used an external >>> deflection yoke to show multiple digits on a single line; I believe it 4 or >>> 6 digits. >>> Never saw this 8x8 tube before; that must be one RARE device. >>> In order for a NIMO tube to display multiple lines of multiple >>> characters (like a CRT), it would need a deflection yoke for X and Y >>> direction. >>> >>> I feel sad for the folks at IEE who put so much time and effort into the >>> NIMO tube. It's technologically clever, but a colossal execution and >>> marketing failure; it missed the market window by about 10 years. >>> >>> On Wednesday, September 21, 2022 at 3:02:23 PM UTC-7 Pramanicin wrote: >>> >>>> Turns out there was!! >>>> >>>> http://lampes-et-tubes.info/cd/cd080.php?l=e >>>> >>>> On Wed, Sep 21, 2022 at 3:01 PM Nicholas Stock <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Were these ever a thing? >>>>> >>>>> [image: image.png] >>>>> >>>> -- 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/1f087709-55ac-417a-953a-b6cd57e62ddfn%40googlegroups.com.
