Ah, for a time machine! Go back before 1986 and patent some mining claims in national forests, register a bunch of machine guns before May 1986, buy some stocks, buy a TON of nixies... Go back to end of WWII and buy a bunch of B-17s, etc...
On Thu, Jun 20, 2024 at 6:04 PM J Forbes <[email protected]> wrote: > I only bought six of them, I have no idea what happened to the others. > That was at a store, 15 years ago > > On Thursday, June 20, 2024 at 1:21:59 PM UTC-7 Leroy Jones wrote: > >> Hello, J. Forbes: >> >> Are any of those for sale? >> >> >> On Thursday, June 20, 2024 at 4:17:26 PM UTC-4 Leroy Jones wrote: >> >>> I have a clock here built in 2010 that uses 6844A tubes. Those work >>> great and look very nice but do not have mercury so they have >>> relatively short lives. But I have had fairly decent service out of >>> mine. A while back I got some more spares from members here, including >>> some 5092s. But please do check out 6844 tubes as an option. >>> >>> On Thursday, June 20, 2024 at 3:55:36 PM UTC-4 gregebert wrote: >>> >>>> It's worth the time and effort to find NOS 5092 tubes one-by-one if >>>> necessary; they are very high quality. I dont know how old your kids are, >>>> but our son and daughter soldered their nixie clocks so they appreciate >>>> them more. >>>> >>>> On Thursday, June 20, 2024 at 10:35:56 AM UTC-7 J Forbes wrote: >>>> >>>>> guess I should have bought more of these back in 2009....sorry.... >>>>> >>>>> [image: tubes.jpg] >>>>> >>>>> On Thursday, June 20, 2024 at 10:18:10 AM UTC-7 MikeDL wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi! >>>>>> >>>>>> Years back I designed and built a B-5092 based clock and it's been >>>>>> working great. I'd like to build a couple more clocks for the kids. >>>>>> Looking >>>>>> around for additional tubes it seems the 5092s have gotten much harder >>>>>> and >>>>>> more expensive and it looks tough to find two sets of six plus some >>>>>> backups. >>>>>> >>>>>> Are the ZM1022s drop-in replacements for the B-5092, or just really >>>>>> close? >>>>>> >>>>>> Any other similar size/shape tubes that people are finding success >>>>>> with? I can redesign my circuit board if it makes sense to switch to >>>>>> something like an IN-4 with a lot more backups :-), but that would be >>>>>> less >>>>>> desirable. >>>>>> >>>>>> Thanks in advance! >>>>>> >>>>> -- > 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/63cac692-3a44-46f1-8aa8-9b76a3216d22n%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/63cac692-3a44-46f1-8aa8-9b76a3216d22n%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/CAJD4P-hbTHL-A8JYdyaD%3D1Ji-h5SL2FnUDyQG9v3dzwK4sdL5Q%40mail.gmail.com.
