Re: [neonixie-l] Re: dekatron computing [and other stuff]

2014-02-01 Thread Sture Nystrom
Tidak Ada skrev 2014-01-31 13:56: Her a link to the Bletchley Park site/News: [ http://www.bletchleypark.org.uk/news/ ] eric There is a mini series about Bletchey Park. Very exciting, I thought when I saw it on TV.

Re: [neonixie-l] Finished restoring a TIMEON 2000, motor driven Nixie clock from 1968!

2014-02-01 Thread jb-electronics
Hey Martin, did you repair the leftmost Nixie tube with an Argon mixture? Impressive! Jens Am 02.02.2014 03:38, schrieb Dekatron42: Hi, I found this clock on eBay some time ago, it was non-functioning when sold and unfortunately it arrived in an even worse state since it had been crushed

Re: [neonixie-l] Finished restoring a TIMEON 2000, motor driven Nixie clock from 1968!

2014-02-01 Thread Dekatron42
Nope, that's what it looked like when sold on eBay - I replaced that Nixie. It still works and shines purple instead of orange. It looks like the pip at the top of that Nixie hasn't been sealed off properly as there is a tiny white line in the center of it which could explain the different

Re: [neonixie-l] Finished restoring a TIMEON 2000, motor driven Nixie clock from 1968!

2014-02-01 Thread Dave Brown
Interesting. Great restoration. The Telechron 8B01 (1934) digital clock used a similar synchronous motor and cams etc arrangement to drive its number drums-different mechanical arrangement of course but much the same mechanical principles in use. DaveB, NZ - Original Message -