Could it be something as simple as when they stamped the tube it was a typo?
On Tuesday, September 5, 2023 at 3:33:30 PM UTC-4 Audrey wrote: > this tube indeed contains mercury, though I think normal 5971s do too, the > top and bottom horizontal segments are still only one segment each, and the > middle vertical line is still only one segment aswell. > > On Tuesday, September 5, 2023 at 3:22:07 PM UTC-4 Nicholas Stock wrote: > >> Are the central or top and bottom segments still continuous in this >> version? I could imagine that an 'improved/subsequent' version may copy the >> 7971 configuration as the 5971 is only a 13 segment display....IIRC. >> >> On Tue, Sep 5, 2023 at 12:14 PM Audrey <tntm...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> I have one of these aswell- at least, it was sold as a B-5792, the part >>> number is sort of smudged, 2 of these showed up on ebay from the same >>> seller recently so I imagine this is the other one, it has the same >>> segments as B-5971 tubes as far as I can tell. >>> >>> On Tuesday, September 5, 2023 at 10:51:15 AM UTC-4 liam bartosiewicz >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Perhaps it has different electrical characteristics? It looks pretty >>>> much identical to a 5971. >>>> >>>> On Sep 5, 2023, at 7:46 AM, Richard Scales <ric...@scalesweb.co.uk> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hmm, there must be some difference between that and the B-5971 - >>>> though what, I don't know. >>>> >>>> >>>> Is it the same in as much as it has the same segments (difficult to >>>> tell from your picture) ? >>>> >>>> - Richard >>>> >>>> >>>> On Tuesday, 5 September 2023 at 08:45:04 UTC+1 Adam Piórko wrote: >>>> >>>>> Hi, >>>>> Does anyone know anything about b-5972? >>>>> >>>>> [image: 20230905_093151.jpg] >>>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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 neonixie-l+...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To view this discussion on the web, visit >>>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/73da3b69-7151-4f7f-b339-9e4298e5f828n%40googlegroups.com >>>> >>>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/73da3b69-7151-4f7f-b339-9e4298e5f828n%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 neonixie-l+...@googlegroups.com. >>> >> To view this discussion on the web, visit >>> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/c5e0707e-44a6-454b-b8c5-785a8de3cef2n%40googlegroups.com >>> >>> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/c5e0707e-44a6-454b-b8c5-785a8de3cef2n%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 neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/63094170-8486-4be2-96b1-d7e061d5f7acn%40googlegroups.com.
