Reminds me also of the Berkeley/Beckman counter...and the clock I made from one...
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VM9TW6GcCQE On Wednesday, January 8, 2025 at 2:20:54 PM UTC-7 Dekatron42 wrote: > Just my two cents. The build quality looks far from that price, solder > flux not cleaned properly, cut wire just standing there straight up, poor > wooden cornering, wood splinter on foot, screw holes with no screws > covering them, different colored Nixie sockets, a few top mounted sockets > whereas most bottom mounted, one tube with tape label, most Triodes are > Russian types and not the Audiophile coveted ECC-series, many tubes looks > like used ones and not unused ones, heavier components hanging from wires > prone to moving around when transported plus the top panel needs cleaning > as well as the inside needs vacuuming. Not like other clocks sold by this > seller! > > It just looks sloppy and untidy, more like a prototype and I like the > Friedhelm Bruegmann a lot more as it looks like it came from the era. > Component wise I guess it will set you back €3000-4000 and perhaps €1000 > for mounting materials and of course it will take you some time to build. > > There have been a few similar ones like the Friedhelm Bruegmann built over > the years and some have been built to hang on the wall with either front > view Nixies or the Nixies has been put in a recess at the top of the front > panel. There have also been a few types with different displays like E1T > with only valves. > > Putting on my flame retardant suit! :) > > /Martin > > On Wednesday, 8 January 2025 at 20:51:01 UTC+1 Mac Doktor wrote: > >> >> On Jan 8, 2025, at 12:13 PM, gregebert <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> SO many tubes.....reminds me of the Berkeley/Beckman universal counter >> >> http://www.softwareandmind.com/museum/mlist.htm >> <http://www.softwareandmind.com/museum/mlist.html>l >> >> >> I have an HP 521A. I have a line on someone who can restore it but I >> can't focus on that project right now. >> >> >> Terry Bowman, KA4HJH >> "The Mac Doctor" >> >> https://www.astarcloseup.com >> >> "If only you could see what I've seen with your eyes."—Roy Batty, *Blade >> Runner* >> >> -- 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, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/e76a9513-e438-416b-95cb-c1644c19f8b5n%40googlegroups.com.
