On 5/1/11 9:01 PM, Nick wrote:
I'm inclined to think that at least some of these tubes were simply
rebranded by the end supplier...
I bought a large number of NOS/NIB tubes from REL when they were
clearing their nixie stocks - they are all completely unmarked,
awaiting their final supplier to pr
I'm inclined to think that at least some of these tubes were simply
rebranded by the end supplier...
I bought a large number of NOS/NIB tubes from REL when they were
clearing their nixie stocks - they are all completely unmarked,
awaiting their final supplier to print whatever on them. I had toyed
I believe that the Burroughs figure is the more realistic of the two,
but still conservative. It's likely that Burroughs was not forthcoming
to ITT when asked how the figure was determined, so ITT chose to be
even more conservative (perhaps approaching the point of ridiciulous)
with their own figur
On 5/1/11 5:24 AM, marta_kson wrote:
Has any of You out there gained some experiences on actual differences
of the same tube types, but from different manufacturers?
Like f.ex. the 5870 that both ITT and Burroughs has made? ITT says
30,000h for their tubes, when Burroughs says 200,000h.
Thats a
Has any of You out there gained some experiences on actual differences
of the same tube types, but from different manufacturers?
Like f.ex. the 5870 that both ITT and Burroughs has made? ITT says
30,000h for their tubes, when Burroughs says 200,000h.
Thats a huge difference. Are there actual indi