I've pondered over it as a 3D-printing project. I have a lot of doubts about it being something durable. Moving mechanical parts are the bane of technology because they wear-out and require maintenance.
Imagine what a binaview clock would sound like at midnite........ On Tuesday, February 7, 2023 at 11:58:46 AM UTC-8 Pramanicin wrote: > The BinaViews were amazingly complicated for what we consider these days > to be such a rudimentary task.... fascinating to see how they operate. I > wonder if you could recreate that easily.... > > On Tue, Feb 7, 2023 at 11:52 AM gregebert <[email protected]> wrote: > >> The NSN is a clue, and the 1995 date-code suggests this was a spare-part >> that got inventoried around that time. My guess is this was for some sort >> of military equipment that was deployed in the 1970s/1980s, and scrapped >> after the 1990s, which led to this device being sold-off as surplus. >> >> Given the size and weight, I guess this was for some kind of stationary >> display at a ground installation. >> Doomsday clock at a nuke-missile silo ? >> >> Just when you think you saw every possible display device, something even >> more weird comes along. >> I thought NIMO tubes were the most bizarre, then I saw the BinaView on >> Fran Blanche's site. >> THIS one takes the prize, for now. >> >> On Tuesday, February 7, 2023 at 8:05:35 AM UTC-8 Nocrotec wrote: >> >>> This series is rare! >>> Datasheet snapshot attached. >>> Dieter >>> >>> Am 07.02.2023 um 16:49 schrieb Dekatron42: >>> > It says in the auction text that "The picture with power-on display is >>> > from the WEB 'used equipment for a display of the same type'". >>> > >>> > There are some bar-codes as well as other text in the last photo which >>> > might help with finding information. The first portions of the NSN >>> > number 10ZZ356 can be found to be aviation parts, but the only part I >>> > found there was an unnamed item with 10ZZ356111, so the hunt is on. >>> > >>> > /Martin >>> > >>> > Picture 10 of 10 >>> > >>> > On Tuesday, 7 February 2023 at 16:27:18 UTC+1 [email protected] >>> wrote: >>> > >>> > I found this old page <https://riffuchs.livejournal.com/153725.html> >>> > It shows the same pictures as the ad! Strange. >>> > >>> > Olivier >>> > >>> > On Tuesday, 7 February 2023 at 6:36:26 pm UTC+8 marcin wrote: >>> > >>> > Hi Guys, >>> > >>> > have you seen this EEV E727G contraption on ebay >>> > https://www.ebay.com/itm/115697380857 ? >>> > I have never even heard about it, nor can find any info about it. >>> > >>> > Marcin >>> > >>> > -- >>> > 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] >>> > <mailto:[email protected]>. >>> > To view this discussion on the web, visit >>> > >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/b071b786-1aac-45b7-af9a-ce63eb1d1d17n%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> > < >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/b071b786-1aac-45b7-af9a-ce63eb1d1d17n%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/0f9a983e-b30f-42b3-b8fa-a909402e29ebn%40googlegroups.com >> >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/0f9a983e-b30f-42b3-b8fa-a909402e29ebn%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/6dd6a306-96d2-4ff9-858a-f7ae599c9a38n%40googlegroups.com.
