[neonixie-l] Re: New to group, building with B7971s

2017-11-25 Thread neonixie-l
On Sunday, 26 November 2017 03:43:29 UTC+4, Tim G wrote: > > I tried to include a couple photos, but every time I insert a photo in a > post, posting fails with "An error occurred while communicating with the > server. Reload"Are photos not allowed? ] > Photos are definitely allowed - maybe just

Re: [neonixie-l] New to group, building with B7971s

2017-11-25 Thread Cqr
http://tayloredge.com/ have b7971 smartsockets in kit, or assembled form. Plus a nice range of power supply modules, I used them in nixiebot : http://hackaday.io/project/9155-nixiebot Cheers, Robin. > On 25 Nov 2017, at 23:40, Tim G wrote: > > Hi - > > I recently retrieved my B7971

[neonixie-l] Re: New to group, building with B7971s

2017-11-25 Thread Tim G
I tried to include a couple photos, but every time I insert a photo in a post, posting fails with "An error occurred while communicating with the server. Reload"Are photos not allowed? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscr

[neonixie-l] New to group, building with B7971s

2017-11-25 Thread Tim G
Hi - I recently retrieved my B7971 tubes out of storage. I bought them about 40 years ago. I'm now getting interested in creating a display, and I'm looking at the options. I've been looking at the driver board design by Greg Ebert, but I've also seen the Smart Sockets. It looks like there was

[neonixie-l] Any VFD tube collectors out there looking to trade?

2017-11-25 Thread jb-electronics
Hello friends, I just found some nice tubes on Ebay, see here: https://www.ebay.ca/itm/222732763582 Specifically the display tube on the top left: it is called LD8043, displaying the arrows and the symbol "E", and I have never seen it before. There are also quite a few VFD tubes included in

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: ITS1-A on eBay

2017-11-25 Thread jb-electronics
Unfortunately, the F9020 tubes were only made in very small quantities as far as I know, so it is no big wonder they only show up very rarely. This is different with lots of Russian and East German tubes, which are literally sitting in warehouses by the thousands, being hoarded by sellers waiti

[neonixie-l] Re: ITS1-A on eBay

2017-11-25 Thread Paul Andrews
Back on Nov 1st, when I posted this link: http://www.industrialalchemy.org/articleview.php?item=1073, I tried to find some MTX90 tubes on ebay. I couldn't find any. Now, you can literally buy them by the hundred. Do they somehow know what is being searched for? It doesn't seem to work for some