[neonixie-l] Re: What's the largest neon bulb commercially available?

2020-12-19 Thread gregebert
I had a larger one up to a few years ago, until I was careless and let it get broken, that ran on 120 VAC and had a standard edison base like regular light bulbs for household use. The bulb was about 2 inches in diameter. I think it was from the 1950's. No idea what it's intended use was,

Re: [neonixie-l] Buildings still got it!

2020-12-19 Thread Nick Andrews
Nice. Chinese place near my office has it too but haven't been by there at night... On Sat, Dec 19, 2020, 8:46 PM martin martin wrote: > This is in Camarillo, CA > USA > > Real neon surround the building! > > > > > > > On Saturday, December 19, 2020, Yohan Park wrote: > >> >> Not counting the

[neonixie-l] Re: Buildings still got it!

2020-12-19 Thread Yohan Park
Cool! I live in a small town and I know every single neon on the street. Unfortunately there aren't much :( Will also take some pics and post them here. On Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 3:46:03 AM UTC+1 martin martin wrote: > This is in Camarillo, CA > USA > > Real neon surround the building! >

[neonixie-l] What's the largest neon bulb commercially available?

2020-12-19 Thread Yohan Park
Not counting the novelty bulbs (flickering flame, Flamingo, Heart shape) is there an E27 type neon bulb available? The largest I can find is an E14 bulb made by Elfin, Italy.

Re: [neonixie-l] First LED displays

2020-12-19 Thread Yohan Park
Not for the Russians it wasn't... ;) On Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 1:29:10 AM UTC+1 gregebert wrote: > Shortly after, the MAN-2 came out. It's a 5x7 matrix and could display the > ASCII character set. I still have 2 samples my father got from a vendor > sometime around 1973. That was the

Re: [neonixie-l] First LED displays

2020-12-19 Thread Yohan Park
Not for the Russians it wan't... ;) On Sunday, December 20, 2020 at 1:29:10 AM UTC+1 gregebert wrote: > Shortly after, the MAN-2 came out. It's a 5x7 matrix and could display the > ASCII character set. I still have 2 samples my father got from a vendor > sometime around 1973. That was the

RE: [neonixie-l] Nixie tube with 10x "7" digits

2020-12-19 Thread Nisei
Ha ha ha Yeah do it :D From: neonixie-l@googlegroups.com On Behalf Of Kevin A. Sent: Sunday, December 20, 2020 2:52 AM To: neonixie-l Subject: Re: [neonixie-l] Nixie tube with 10x "7" digits I've always wanted to offer $7.77 and see what happens. Think I'll do it. On Sat, Dec 19,

Re: [neonixie-l] Nixie tube with 10x "7" digits

2020-12-19 Thread Kevin A.
I've always wanted to offer $7.77 and see what happens. Think I'll do it. On Sat, Dec 19, 2020 at 7:52 PM Yohan Park wrote: > Probably a test unit of some sort? > Looks like an IN-14 with fine grid. > Price is ridiculous of course but it's interesting to see anyway :) > https://ebay.us/moLp4c >

[neonixie-l] Nixie tube with 10x "7" digits

2020-12-19 Thread Yohan Park
Probably a test unit of some sort? Looks like an IN-14 with fine grid. Price is ridiculous of course but it's interesting to see anyway :) https://ebay.us/moLp4c -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and

Re: [neonixie-l] First LED displays

2020-12-19 Thread gregebert
Shortly after, the MAN-2 came out. It's a 5x7 matrix and could display the ASCII character set. I still have 2 samples my father got from a vendor sometime around 1973. That was the beginning of the end for nixies. On Saturday, December 19, 2020 at 12:55:00 AM UTC-8 Mark Moulding wrote: > I

RE: [neonixie-l] First LED displays

2020-12-19 Thread Tidak Ada
I have here a foulder that shows a green Monsanto LED (MV2) with a price of Hfl. 550,- (Only visible in the dark!). Before Jan 1970 Later prices: (Jan. 1970) (May 1971) (Jan 1972)(Aug 1972) MV2 Hfl. 25,00

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: B7971 DUSTOFF Board Interest

2020-12-19 Thread Wo Tu
Sounds good. For me only pcb and parts please. peter@gmail.com schrieb am Freitag, 18. Dezember 2020 um 22:34:34 UTC+1: > Glad to hear! > > Pete > > On Friday, December 18, 2020 at 12:00:39 PM UTC-5 Mahdi Al Husseini wrote: > >> Hi, Peter. Actually, yes! Happy to say there was sufficient

[neonixie-l] Re: First LED displays

2020-12-19 Thread Dekatron42
There is a list of when things were available and also some nice brochure material for Monsanto in the book here: https://groups.google.com/g/neonixie-l/c/GijOD7OJWOE/m/fRqcfctBAgAJ /Martin On Saturday, 19 December 2020 at 02:06:24 UTC+1 bung...@gmail.com wrote: > Can anyone remember what the

Re: [neonixie-l] First LED displays

2020-12-19 Thread Mark Moulding
I believe that the Monsanto MAN-1 was the first commercially available 7-segment LED display. It was introduced in 1969, but was so expensive (~$300 each, or $175 in 1000s) that it didn't get much use until later in the 70s. I was surprised to find that the Numitron (or its ilk: Minitron,