It does look like Paul got his information from 
here: https://www.radiomuseum.org/dsp_hersteller_detail.cfm?company_id=9901

/Martin

On Wednesday, 31 May 2023 at 11:06:10 UTC+2 Jon wrote:

> Paul, would you mind sharing the basis for your comment about the 
> post-1957 Mullard/ETL connection? I've done a lot of work on ETL history 
> (visited what's left of their archives, talked to employees etc) and this 
> is news to me.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Jon.
>
> On Tuesday, May 30, 2023 at 8:21:34 PM UTC+1 Paul Andrews wrote:
>
>> After 1957 ETL was owned by Mullard. The date codes for Mullard (Philips) 
>> tubes are described here <http://www.audiotubes.com/mullcode.htm>. It 
>> looks most likely that the first digit is the year number, the second 
>> letter is the month. The one I have is labelled 0B, which I would read as 
>> February 1960. Its a bit of a mess though.
>>
>> On Tuesday, May 30, 2023 at 1:15:02 PM UTC-4 gregebert wrote:
>>
>>> >  but there is a set of 6 matched GR114/CD47s (will sell only as a set) 
>>> > loads of NIMOs
>>>
>>> Well, that's going to be the auction of the century. 
>>>
>>> On Tuesday, May 30, 2023 at 10:06:59 AM UTC-7 Nick wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks for asking, but I really don't know yet. There's a HUGE number 
>>>> of tubes to go through (many 1000s). A few of the exotica have been sold 
>>>> to 
>>>> other collectors, but there is a set of 6 matched GR114/CD47s (will sell 
>>>> only as a set) amongst the stuff in the store, plus many other rare tubes.
>>>>
>>>> I'll start doing auctions in a few months and will provide early 
>>>> warning here. Some of the stuff is extremely rare, including F9020, 
>>>> NEO-5000M, NEO-8000, loads of NIMOs, Pandicons, Pixies, Panaplex, 
>>>> Alphanumeric tubes etc.
>>>>
>>>> On Tuesday, 30 May 2023 at 17:55:20 UTC+1 Robert wrote:
>>>>
>>>>> Hi
>>>>>
>>>>> What would the cost be per tube, used or NIB?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>> Rob
>>>>>
>>>>> On 30 May 2023, at 17:40, 'Nick' via neonixie-l <
>>>>> [email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> So here's the thing: I'm rationalising my rather large nixie 
>>>>> collection over the next few months.... I don't need lots of every nixie.
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm starting with a stash of ETL GR10Gs in varying condition - one has 
>>>>> a broken 7 internally, 3 others are "dark" to the point of ... just 
>>>>> useable... another 10 are in "used but good to OK condition" and the rest 
>>>>> are NIB.
>>>>>
>>>>> They're a strange, early, tube, needing a Va of 250VDC and an Ra of 
>>>>> only 10K for most digits, but 18K2 for the "1" and 14K7 for the "7", i.e. 
>>>>> the 1 & 7 also have cathode resistors... They have no Hg doping, so the 
>>>>> life of the tube under controlled circumstances is only 5,000 hours... 
>>>>> Early stuff.
>>>>>
>>>>> But they are a BEAUTIFUL tube... I mean, REALLY BEAUTIFUL (IMHO)...
>>>>>
>>>>> The date codes on them are just two characters, e.g. "OJ" or "RC" etc. 
>>>>> Range of ETL logos too...
>>>>>
>>>>> Anyone have a decode table for these?
>>>>>
>>>>> Thanks
>>>>>
>>>>> Nick
>>>>>
>>>>>
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