[neonixie-l] Re: Tubes in a Sperry Remington 1213 calculator

2017-07-08 Thread Tomasz Kowalczyk
Oh crap. You've linked that page already. W dniu sobota, 8 lipca 2017 22:36:04 UTC+2 użytkownik Tomasz Kowalczyk napisał: > > These are definitely VFD tubes. The mesh seen on the photo is the grid. I > think no other display technology would have this wonderful greenish blue > colour. > I

[neonixie-l] Re: BR355 GPS receivers for $30 on EBay

2017-07-08 Thread MichaelB
Hey Michael, that's a great deal for a nice GPS that many of us diehards still use on those clocks that still work best with it. Thanks for sharing! Let's hope this seller is a reliable source. On Friday, July 7, 2017 at 8:37:50 PM UTC-7, MichaelS wrote: > > In case anyone needs a BR355 GPS

[neonixie-l] Re: Tubes in a Sperry Remington 1213 calculator

2017-07-08 Thread Tomasz Kowalczyk
These are definitely VFD tubes. The mesh seen on the photo is the grid. I think no other display technology would have this wonderful greenish blue colour. I tried googling it too. I think these might be LD8035 tubes. On this site there are good quality photos of the interior.

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Raspberry PI controlled Nixie display

2017-07-08 Thread Paolo Cravero
Hi. > > The real question now is: How long can a raspi run without crashing ? > As all *ni systems, a RasPI can run for years unless there is a hardware failure or overheating. I've been (silently ;) ) collecting uptimes at work and I've seen servers that haven't rebooted for 1600+ days