Re: [neonixie-l] Changes to eBay Purchase History

2023-04-21 Thread Charles MacDonald
only buy on e-bay) Don't know where you would look for feedback. they also expire old listings sometimes faster than it takes to receive things from across the Ocean. -- Charles MacDonald VA3CPY Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the Fringe

Re: [neonixie-l] Are numitron illegal in UK ???

2023-04-13 Thread Charles MacDonald
the shipment got derailed, - ikly at the shipping cneter in the UK in this case. I wonder if the parts were marked "Russia" and so were considered subject to boycot? I wonder if the seller got stiffed for the price of the goods and the shipping to the reship center? -- Charles MacDona

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: IC Sockets

2023-02-18 Thread Charles MacDonald
a plain PC Board, which might round off your signal edges. I think we even had one board where the larger area of the contacts caused a solder bridge, and pulling the socket was more difficult than just pulling an IC would have been. -- Charles MacDonald VA3CPY Stittsville Ontario

Re: [neonixie-l] Interesting NOS Neon bulbs

2023-02-12 Thread Charles MacDonald
equipped with a built in resistor, and ones with Bayonet bases were not. -- Charles MacDonald VA3CPY Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the Fringe No Microsoft Products were used in sending this e-mail. -- You received this message because you

Re: [neonixie-l] Time Code Translator with Nixie "clock" display

2023-01-23 Thread Charles MacDonald
Frames for editing audio/visual information. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/SMPTE_timecode -- Charles MacDonald VA3CPY Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the Fringe No Microsoft Products were used in sending this e-mail. -- You received this message becau

Re: [neonixie-l] Why tungsten wire and why weld copper to tungsten? Also book recommendation?

2022-12-26 Thread Charles MacDonald
and temperatures involved. -- Charles MacDonald VA3CPY Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the Fringe No Microsoft Products were used in sending this e-mail. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l&q

Re: [neonixie-l] Bubble Lights and other Christmas Lights of interest

2022-11-28 Thread Charles MacDonald
thing from AA batteries to Lawn Mowers. -- Charles MacDonald VA3CPY Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the Fringe No Microsoft Products were used in sending this e-mail. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups &

Re: [neonixie-l] Strange eBay listing text.....

2022-10-05 Thread Charles MacDonald
E-bay assumes that I want to see items called HOBO, or BOHO. a certain HO gauge train car seems to come up regularly. And I don't even have a train set. -- Charles MacDonald VA3CPY Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the Fringe No Microsoft Products w

[neonixie-l] Ukraine Sellers

2022-09-05 Thread Charles MacDonald
the goods. Currently expecting some empty recording tape reels in pastel colours. -- Charles MacDonald VA3CPY Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the Fringe No Microsoft Products were used in sending this e-mail. -- You received this message because you

Re: [neonixie-l] ¿ mystery digivac ? does anyone have any info?

2022-08-25 Thread Charles MacDonald
databook please chime in! I would really like to know the part number!toob.jpgfaces.jpgback.jpgbase.jpg I am assuming that it is a T-1704C -- Charles MacDonald VA3CPY Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the Fringe No Microsoft Products were used

Re: [neonixie-l] FS: 5 NOS 5870

2022-08-20 Thread Charles MacDonald
On 2022-08-20 14:25, David Forbes wrote: Max, Thanks for the photo. These JRC tubes look very similar to Japanese Burroughs B-5870 tubes. It's likely they were made in the same factory, but I don't know whose factory it was. JRC? (Japan Radio Company) -- Charles MacDonald VA3CPY

Re: [neonixie-l] Dekatrons on Jeopardy! ?

2022-08-11 Thread Charles MacDonald
On 2022-08-11 13:27, Jeff Malins wrote: Those are 7236 double triodes. Definitely a vacuum tube. Given the layout, I think that is a picture of the core memory amplifiers on the SAGE (AN/FSQ-7) computer. yep - a it look like a regular tube to me... -- Charles MacDonald VA3CPY

Re: [neonixie-l] It Lives!!!!

2022-07-08 Thread Charles MacDonald
degrees. I prefer 22.5C which can't be set. It is so long ago I forget what those forgnheat numbers mean. -- Charles MacDonald VA3CPY Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the Fringe No Microsoft Products were used in sending this e-mail. -- You

Re: [neonixie-l] Neon signs

2022-05-13 Thread Charles MacDonald
else. "big clive tobin" on you tube explains it well. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBeSKL9zVro -- Charles MacDonald VA3CPY Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the Fringe No Microsoft Products were used in sending this e-mail. -- Yo

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: B7971 tubes for sale - $150 each

2022-05-06 Thread Charles MacDonald
pretty common. etco in Montreal had them both separate and with the boards, although the boards had the fingers broken off for the gold. I think the whole module was about 10 Bucks CANADIAN. -- Charles MacDonald VA3CPY Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just

UV Re: [neonixie-l] Info on IN-3B lamps

2022-02-16 Thread Charles MacDonald
hen using Kodachrome, and so some sold these days are just "Protection" filters to keep the lens clean. Might be worth a test with both the UV and Skylight to see what happens. -- Charles MacDonald VA3CPY Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond th

Re: [neonixie-l] Nixie in Video game spotted.

2022-02-03 Thread Charles MacDonald
is changing speed with a gun in their throttle hand. -- Charles MacDonald VA3CPY Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the Fringe No Microsoft Products were used in sending this e-mail. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

[neonixie-l] Sylvania Florotron Display. 8894

2022-02-03 Thread Charles MacDonald
According to the original data sheet the 8894 is more or less standard 7 segment VFD. clipping from the TCA Data Cache. -- Charles MacDonald VA3CPY Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the Fringe No Microsoft Products were used in sending this e-mail

the Magic E-mail header Re: [neonixie-l] Just how smart is google groups.

2022-01-17 Thread Charles MacDonald
will tell you to start a BRAND NEW message with every new topic. -- Charles MacDonald VA3CPY Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the Fringe No Microsoft Products were used in sending this e-mail. -- You received this message because you are

Re: [neonixie-l] Vintage Electronic device with Nixies, need help identifying.

2021-10-17 Thread Charles MacDonald
, and it is just a guess is that you set a count you want to acheve and every time a an external machine does an operation, the count goes up, and when it reaches the preset number - it tells the machine to stop. Think of a printing press being set to make 500 copies. -- Charles MacDonald VA3CPY

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Jeff Thomas Nixie - New Site, B7971 FLW Nixie Kits, Tubes for Sale

2021-10-13 Thread Charles MacDonald
... for example https://www.marathonwatch.com/collections/wall-clock-digital/products/atomic-wall-clock-with-8-timezones?variant=7502742585386 -- Charles MacDonald VA3CPY Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the Fringe No Microsoft Products were used

Re: [neonixie-l] Corvair instrument panel is lit up

2021-08-14 Thread Charles MacDonald
<https://worldradiohistory.com/Archive-Radio-Electronics/70s/1973/Radio-Electronics-1973-04.pdf> such fun to look at that issue, even if this snip is enough to make Nixie fans cry. -- Charles MacDonald VA3CPY Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the

Re: [neonixie-l] Interesting kit...

2021-04-29 Thread Charles MacDonald
. (although both assume you put them on Heat sinks.) -- Charles MacDonald VA3CPY Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the Fringe No Microsoft Products were used in sending this e-mail. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: [neonixie-l] OT: How to convert composite video into TTL?

2021-04-12 Thread Charles MacDonald
lternating lines. BUT the explanation at th etime was that microwave inter station transmission in Europe had not been built with colour in mind and PAL had sufficient error correction built in that it did not matter. -- Charles MacDonald VA3CPY Stittsville Ontario cm...@ze

Re: [neonixie-l] Cleaning old circuit boards and components without destroying them - what to use?

2021-01-15 Thread Charles MacDonald
?). Photos arrived fine here, I really like the look of those numbered disks. for some reason, the photos arrived at the very bottom of the e-mail. Not the first time I have received a message that way. -- Charles MacDonald VA3CPY Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Fascinating film about 1960s colour CRT manufacturing

2021-01-12 Thread Charles MacDonald
, on tube TV sets. NO doubt a Nixie could also glow. while their is a bunch of High voltage on the other side of a CRT screen, it is DC and so will not give out a field. The CRT I am using to type this hardly shows any static when it is running. -- Charles MacDonald VA3CPY

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: How close together do a controller and crystal need to be?

2020-12-27 Thread Charles MacDonald
ts shorter, as that would allow faster computers. as well as explaining lag in satellite communications. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Grace_Hopper#Anecdotes -- Charles MacDonald VA3CPY Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the Fringe No Microsoft Products

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: B7971

2020-12-03 Thread Charles MacDonald
, as well as some surplus 2A3, 6L6 and 6V6 tubes. -- Charles MacDonald VA3CPY Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the Fringe No Microsoft Products were used in sending this e-mail. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Who is interested in IN33?

2020-11-09 Thread Charles MacDonald
: about a month and a half is typical for things I have purchased from the Russian Federation or Ukraine lately. if shipped "registered" which is common when teh sender does not trust their own post office, it shows things down more. -- Charles MacDonald VA3CPY S

Re: [neonixie-l] Amperex 8453 Counter tube

2020-10-28 Thread Charles MacDonald
socket pin is generally permissible to use as a tie point or terminal. often the IC pin is used as a structural support, but the manufacturer does not want to promise that it will be to the same element on future production. -- Charles MacDonald VA3CPY Stittsville

Re: [neonixie-l] Dekatron quiz!

2020-10-28 Thread Charles MacDonald
used octal notation for binary values, so an 8 position counter may have been useful. even today some internet variables are expressed in Octal. -- Charles MacDonald VA3CPY Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the Fringe No Microsoft Products were used

Re: [neonixie-l] Nixie Siting - Netflix

2020-09-17 Thread Charles MacDonald
On 2020-09-17 11:04 p.m., Michail Wilson wrote: Obviously 6:10:47    Early morning.    Ha. or that far into the mission. -- Charles MacDonald VA3CPY Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the Fringe No Microsoft Products were used in sending this e-mail

Re: [neonixie-l] red lens filter material.

2020-09-07 Thread Charles MacDonald
inteneded to be used over stage or studio lights to control the colour of the light, and they come in a literal rainbow of colours. they are fairly thin, and so would likely need some sort of support. The material is cheep enough that you could cut a band for each tube. -- Charles MacDona

Re: [neonixie-l] What is this HV gadget?

2020-06-25 Thread Charles MacDonald
if you get your finger too close. Good for a 1 cm arc on a good day. -- Charles MacDonald VA3CPY Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the Fringe No Microsoft Products were used in sending this e-mail. -- You received this message because you

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Shipment delays from Ukraine

2020-06-16 Thread Charles MacDonald
On 2020-06-16 4:00 a.m., 'Ian Vine' via neonixie-l wrote: I also had a delivery from Ukraine turn up yesterday. r>. received a camera I bought in early April last week from Ukraine, still waiting for one I bought at the same time from Russian Federation. -- Charles MacDonald VA3

Re: [neonixie-l] CRT colors

2020-05-29 Thread Charles MacDonald
glowed depended on a drive signal. this link has scans of some of the standard versions from different firms. http://w140.com/tekwiki/wiki/Phosphor -- Charles MacDonald VA3CPY Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the Fringe No Microsoft Products were used

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Shipment delays from Ukraine

2020-05-18 Thread Charles MacDonald
from the post office dropped two e-bay packages on my front porch. one was the Ukrainian camera!!! so I guess you have to go on a lot a faith these days. -- Charles MacDonald VA3CPY Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the Fringe No Microsoft Products

Re: [neonixie-l] Shipment delays from Ukraine

2020-05-14 Thread Charles MacDonald
he country of destination, no further details Enough to make you want to go to the beer store for a case of Slavutych. (Славутич) -- Charles MacDonald VA3CPY Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the Fringe No Microsoft Products were used in sending t

Re: [neonixie-l] Discovered an old advertisment

2020-04-03 Thread Charles MacDonald
afraid to touch the box were they are stored as the price has gone up so much. some that they had were on boards where the edge connectors had been snapped off. I guess for recover the gold plating. (or maybe just to quickly disassemble the displays.) -- Charles MacDonald VA3CPY

Re: [neonixie-l] Restore or scrap for parts?

2020-04-01 Thread Charles MacDonald
else said that style keyboard is subject to contamination and it is easy to clean if you remove about 30 screws and wipe the rubber parts with a swab and rubbing alcohol. -- Charles MacDonald VA3CPY Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the Fringe No

2n3055 Re: [neonixie-l] Re: tiny little counter at a fair price!

2020-03-21 Thread Charles MacDonald
amplifiers, power supply pass transistors, etc.), most of the power npn transistors (e..g., TIP35)  were interchangeable as long as I did not exceed the actual BVceo. a few numbers were registers with "loose" specs. see attch (RCA 2n3055 is the right hand column). -- Charles MacDona

Re: [neonixie-l] P12 Phosphor CRT

2020-02-12 Thread Charles MacDonald
were Military only specials. -- Charles MacDonald VA3CPY Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the Fringe No Microsoft Products were used in sending this e-mail. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l&q

Re: [neonixie-l] P12 Phosphor CRT

2020-02-12 Thread Charles MacDonald
4. if you want to wire it up, there are quite a few pins to connect. -- Charles MacDonald VA3CPY Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the Fringe No Microsoft Products were used in sending this e-mail. -- You received this message because you are s

Re: [neonixie-l] P12 Phosphor CRT

2020-02-11 Thread Charles MacDonald
a suitable sized order, so presumably any scope tube could have existed as a P12 - (or P7) version. -- Charles MacDonald VA3CPY Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the Fringe No Microsoft Products were used in sending this e-mail. -- You received this message

Re: FS Re: [neonixie-l] P12 Phosphor CRT

2020-02-11 Thread Charles MacDonald
xie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/17555BB9-1E03-4907-92B0-07F62626A5D1%40gmail.com <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/17555BB9-1E03-4907-92B0-07F62626A5D1%40gmail.com?utm_medium=email_source=

Re: [neonixie-l] vintage calculators

2020-01-02 Thread Charles MacDonald
visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/2119634149.14168732.1577995597745.JavaMail.open-xchange%40mtlgui05 <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/2119634149.14168732.1577995597745.JavaMail.open-xchange%40mtlgui05?utm_medium=email_source=footer>. -- Charles MacDonald

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Argon Piranha

2019-12-17 Thread Charles MacDonald
-Bulb-Free-Ship-/310322322168 -- Charles MacDonald Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the Fringe No Microsoft Products were used in sending this e-mail. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" g

Re: [neonixie-l] How dangerous is 150V - 170V DC?

2019-10-28 Thread Charles MacDonald
from a Nixie project? it is not the Voltage that gets you but the current. !!! dry hands and series resistance can keep the current down to levels that you can survive... -- Charles MacDonald Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the Fringe

Re: [neonixie-l] Re-plating tube socket pins, anyone have some experience?

2019-10-05 Thread Charles MacDonald
is Eastwood, who mostly serves the Antique car market. -- Charles MacDonald Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the Fringe No Microsoft Products were used in sending this e-mail. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: OT: What are single sided screw clips/fasteners called in English?

2019-09-22 Thread Charles MacDonald
40googlegroups.com <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/a5d8c224-abba-4c9c-ae38-7a238d753eca%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email_source=footer>. -- Charles MacDonald Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the Fringe No Microsoft Products were used

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: OT : Natsemi clock module data wanted

2019-09-15 Thread Charles MacDonald
then current 1979 Dodge Omni. Few cars of that category had a clock. -- Charles MacDonald Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the Fringe No Microsoft Products were used in sending this e-mail. -- You received this message because you are subscribed

Re: [neonixie-l] B7971 DUSTOFF IOT Board with IR Reciever

2019-08-05 Thread Charles MacDonald
an after high school job selling calculators and when HP started offering the HP-21 in stores, the sent a rep to give the store folks a half day course on how to sell them. And yes, Hp said that dropping them on the counter to show how rugged they were was an aceted Sales technique. -- Charles

Re: [neonixie-l] B-16851453 nixies

2019-07-25 Thread Charles MacDonald
the Xerox part number on a part. I have some 25L6GT power pentode tubes stamped only with an IBM Part number. (IBM used them as solenoid drivers in Key Punch machines) -- Charles MacDonald Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the Fringe No Microsoft Products

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Power for six (6) GR10G Nixies: 300VDC @ 40mA - small switching PSU?

2019-07-15 Thread Charles MacDonald
om/260.htm 400V CT and a couple of 1N4007 and perhaps a filter cap. (if you need pure DC.) Extra 6.3V at 2A winding to run your digital stuff. -- Charles MacDonald Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the Fringe No Microsoft Products were used in send

Re: [neonixie-l] 110 or 220 at 50 or 400 Hz Russian multimeter translation

2019-07-11 Thread Charles MacDonald
the transformer was massive and so the internal voltages were so high that the Picture tube was very worn. -- Charles MacDonald Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the Fringe No Microsoft Products were used in sending this e-mail. -- You received

SwissNixie Re: [neonixie-l] Re: What does your shop look like?

2019-07-09 Thread Charles MacDonald
stuff and hobby gamma spectroscopy, for this i also have a table where all the items are. so you can tell us how many Nixie makers used a radioactive additive to ensure that gas fired right away :) -- Charles MacDonald Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca

Re: [neonixie-l] Really??

2019-07-09 Thread Charles MacDonald
says "local pickup" with no shipping option and it's in Romania: https://www.ebay.com/itm/IV11-VFD-tubes-Nixie-era-alarm-clock-thermometer-assembled-kit-NEW-VERSION/323853594090 shows as Shipping: $25.80 Standard International Shipping | See details (that would be to Canada in my

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Mullard ZM1200 Pandicon available

2019-06-28 Thread Charles MacDonald
Mullard, and several others were all valid, and often were applied by the local distributor. https://frank.pocnet.net/other/Philips/PhilipsCodeListAB.pdf is proably a good start -- Charles MacDonald Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the Fringe N

Re: [neonixie-l] Odd but cool display

2019-06-10 Thread Charles MacDonald
. -- Charles MacDonald Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the Fringe No Microsoft Products were used in sending this e-mail. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Burroughs logo/letterhead scan needed

2019-06-03 Thread Charles MacDonald
several more of the 20 some odd registrations that they did for various electron tubes, and noticed that several also had this logo, BUT the JEDEC files just show it this small. Doubt if you could pick up the type, although I guess that you would not want that anyway. -- Charles MacDonald

Re: [neonixie-l] UK product shipping to the USA? MCTA030/12

2019-06-03 Thread Charles MacDonald
they are probably only set up to ship from the UK to the UK. the delay quoted may well come from an estimate of teh time to ship from the UK to their HQ, and reship to the customer. -- Charles MacDonald Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the Fringe No Microsoft

Re: [neonixie-l] Burroughs logo/letterhead scan needed

2019-06-03 Thread Charles MacDonald
t;. I'd like to have the "B in a circle" logo as well. these are from the last Bouroughs Nixie registration -- Charles MacDonald Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the Fringe No Microsoft Products were used in sending this e-mail. -- You rec

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: IN-28's in real life...

2019-05-31 Thread Charles MacDonald
the "CLASS" I wanted and was happy to connect me. -- Charles MacDonald Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the Fringe No Microsoft Products were used in sending this e-mail. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

Re: [neonixie-l] Nixies spotted

2019-05-26 Thread Charles MacDonald
. -- Charles MacDonald Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the Fringe No Microsoft Products were used in sending this e-mail. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this grou

Re: [neonixie-l] Pricing Insanity

2019-05-12 Thread Charles MacDonald
On 2019-05-12 4:40 p.m., Robert L wrote: At least this seller adds exclusive packaging! which is shipped without an over-wrap will almost certainly NOT prevent breakage. -- Charles MacDonald Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the Fringe

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Hewlett Packard Power Cord

2019-05-09 Thread Charles MacDonald
On 2019-05-09 5:51 p.m., Bill Notfaded wrote: There has been talk over the years of remanufacturing them again but it's never happened... yet! Wonder if they would no longer meet the Electrical standards - I have some projectors which have a connector which has 2 prong blades like a power

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Tube/bulbs for colon separators?

2019-04-27 Thread Charles MacDonald
On 2019-04-27 1:07 p.m., David Eustace wrote: IV15 vfd there was a similar Philips tube the 6977. which could be masked to make a colon ; -- Charles MacDonald Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the Fringe No Microsoft Products were used

Re: [neonixie-l] OT: audio levels

2019-03-29 Thread Charles MacDonald
gh they were really trying to do the right thing. -- Charles MacDonald Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the Fringe No Microsoft Products were used in sending this e-mail. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups

Re: [neonixie-l] OT: Reasonable quality step-up converter?

2018-11-04 Thread Charles MacDonald
just output square waves, which might be confusing the processor in your soldering station. it almost looks like it is getting a "reset" and rebooting. many folks have the same problem with inverters that run 110V stuff of their 12V system in a Motor Home or car. -- Charles

Re: [neonixie-l] OT: Reasonable quality step-up converter?

2018-10-24 Thread Charles MacDonald
third would be the hammond autotrasnformer http://www.hammondmfg.com/pdf/5C_298.pdf -- Charles MacDonald Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the Fringe No Microsoft Products were used in sending this e-mail. -- You received this message because you

Re: [neonixie-l] 12 digit Japanese panaplex-like tube 1972

2018-10-18 Thread Charles MacDonald
worked at out of high school had in their line. the unitrex units were well made, one of the few brands that reliably worked out of the box. -- Charles MacDonald Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the Fringe No Microsoft Products were used in sending

Re: [neonixie-l] Time for my annual (?) question...mostly for David F....

2018-06-15 Thread Charles MacDonald
ly send 50 bucks US to the Tube Collectors Association to get a copy) -- Charles MacDonald Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the Fringe No Microsoft Products were used in sending this e-mail. -- You received this message because you are

Re: [neonixie-l] Ever seen this?

2018-05-10 Thread Charles MacDonald
have so many pins? Could that be a small crt tube like the NIMO ones? Very small CRT - will try to attach descripion -- Charles MacDonald Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the Fringe No Microsoft Products were used in sending this e-mail. -- You

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

2017-11-26 Thread Charles MacDonald
any e-mail over a given size. -- Charles MacDonald Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the Fringe No Microsoft Products were used in sending this e-mail. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "ne

Re: [neonixie-l] Why is there no "prefix" special symbol Nixie tube in the ZM102X / Z56X series?

2017-10-04 Thread Charles MacDonald
ecial symbol" tubes on a private order basis, but that would have meant the customer (equipment maker) would be in charge of supporting replacements for their customers. Much easier to stick some Ne-2 Lamps behind a bezel with captions. -- Charles MacDonald Stittsville

Re: [neonixie-l] Spotted on Ebay: B6091/NL8423 nixies (larger 20mm/0.8 inch). Manufactured 1985

2017-05-05 Thread Charles MacDonald
obably will also box and Brand to the customers brand on request. (I have lots of receiving tubes made by GE in Kentucky which are branded RCA, Amererex and other brands, where the boxes have a KR part number, KR standing for Ken-Rad the original owners of that factory (EIA CODE 188-5))

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

2017-04-15 Thread Charles MacDonald
would that be close enough? -- Charles MacDonald Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the Fringe No Microsoft Products were used in sending this e-mail. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l&q

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Radioactive Nixies - Study

2017-03-12 Thread Charles MacDonald
. But how many Bananas and Brazil nuts do you keep around. those are the real home based radiation sources... -- Charles MacDonald Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the Fringe No Microsoft Products were used in sending this e-mail. -- You received

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: How ICs are made - the inside track...

2017-01-25 Thread Charles MacDonald
about 30 tons, a modern day version would need its own power station and would take up a football stadium Ah but you are forgetting as Admiral Hopper liked to point out, the size of a nanosecond. A football stadium sized computer could not get out of it's own way. -- Charles Mac

Re: [neonixie-l] tube coil OT

2016-11-28 Thread Charles MacDonald
. -- Charles MacDonald Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the Fringe No Microsoft Products were used in sending this e-mail. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from

Re: [neonixie-l] RTC chips that behave nicely with crystals

2016-11-02 Thread Charles MacDonald
, mounted on the wall, which takes orders from a US government transmitter in Colorado. -- Charles MacDonald Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the Fringe No Microsoft Products were used in sending this e-mail. -- You received this message because you

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: NixiChron upgrade, new firmware, NixiChron style case...

2016-10-06 Thread Charles MacDonald
r a couple of times a year More info at https://www.iana.org/time-zones -- Charles MacDonald Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the Fringe No Microsoft Products were used in sending this e-mail. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to

Re: [neonixie-l] How hot should a mosfet get?

2016-09-28 Thread Charles MacDonald
to attach a sink on the top of the chip... But yes a TO-220 is much easier to play with. -- Charles MacDonald Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the Fringe No Microsoft Products were used in sending this e-mail. -- You received this message because

Re: [neonixie-l] I agree with the Rant - eBay Sucks ! Shipping Calculator

2016-09-19 Thread Charles MacDonald
rvice really does seem like a slowboat from China as 30 days is typical. -- Charles MacDonald Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the Fringe No Microsoft Products were used in sending this e-mail. -- You received this message because you are s

Re: [neonixie-l] PSU question...

2016-09-18 Thread Charles MacDonald
d be safe to pass on. -- Charles MacDonald Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the Fringe No Microsoft Products were used in sending this e-mail. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group.

Re: [neonixie-l] Very useful Burroughs application note/brochure #616

2016-08-05 Thread Charles MacDonald
coming up on the list. -- Charles MacDonald Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the Fringe No Microsoft Products were used in sending this e-mail. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group.

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: IN-18 Typical Failure Mechanism

2016-07-12 Thread Charles MacDonald
take the "stack" out of a dead tube and use it as the "Guts" of a new tubes, or would the the cathodes end up poisoned? -- Charles MacDonald Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the Fringe No Microsoft Products were used in sending

Re: [neonixie-l] 2AP1 CRT help

2016-05-22 Thread Charles MacDonald
T?utm_medium=email_source=footer>. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Charles MacDonald Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the Fringe No Microsoft Products were used in sending this e-mail. -- You received this messag

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: My NixiChron is sick, what do I do?

2016-05-16 Thread Charles MacDonald
, resulting in a new diagram for that part of the circuit? I have certainly viewed LOT of diagrams where the power buses were implied or the subject of a foot note. -- Charles MacDonald Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the Fringe No Microsoft Products

Re: [neonixie-l] Minutiae - 5870 tube lead diameters

2016-05-04 Thread Charles MacDonald
.) The thickest leads are 0.40 mm diameter, while the typical ones are 0.35 or 0.38mm. I just encountered one today with 0.29mm leads. quick look for a data sheet shows they are specified as 0.014 to 0.017 Typical diameter. that gives .35 to .43 in mm if I did the conversion right. -- Charles

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Crowdfunding for vacuum tubes/nixie/neon/scientific glassblowing workshop

2016-04-08 Thread Charles MacDonald
to get to the stage he's at. Apparently Mr. Farney is one of the folks pledging on this one. -- Charles MacDonald Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the Fringe No Microsoft Products were used in sending this e-mail. -- You received this message

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Why were dekatrons still manufactured as recently as 1992 ?

2016-03-18 Thread Charles MacDonald
/were also produced, even today satellites seem to use TWT transmitters. -- Charles MacDonald Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the Fringe No Microsoft Products were used in sending this e-mail. -- You received this message because you are

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Strange Nixie Sources?

2016-03-02 Thread Charles MacDonald
are looking to sell parts to someone who really needs that specific part (including perhaps the inspection stamp) to maintain an expensive piece of kit - like an air-plane. It they can find a part for X hundred bucks and it will pass inspection them the unit can live another day. -- Charles

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Strange Nixie Sources?

2016-03-01 Thread Charles MacDonald
or dead file storage. -- Charles MacDonald Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the Fringe No Microsoft Products were used in sending this e-mail. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group.

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: High current 1.5A x150V power supply design for 100 IN9s

2016-02-11 Thread Charles MacDonald
and they tend to have a timer which MOST let you ignore and run continuously. YMMV, And all that jazz. -- Charles MacDonald Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the Fringe No Microsoft Products were used in sending this e-mail. -- You received this message

Re: [neonixie-l] Microchip finally buys Atmel

2016-01-28 Thread Charles MacDonald
s of Jon's talk. -- Charles MacDonald Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the Fringe No Microsoft Products were used in sending this e-mail. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group.

Re: [neonixie-l] OT: Darkened NOS(?) RCA 6AH6 tubes?

2016-01-16 Thread Charles MacDonald
beams. a 12BY7 which is a similar tubes generally has such a coating, so I would not be surprised to see it here. -- Charles MacDonald Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just Beyond the Fringe No Microsoft Products were used in sending this e-mail. -- You received

Re: [neonixie-l] FS: IV-4, IV-12, IV-17, IV-26

2015-12-10 Thread Charles MacDonald
: Vadim Selin <mor...@gmail.com> and From: Yuriy Ovchinnikov <yuriy121...@gmail.com> So if you folks want to discuss something the rest of us would not be interested in, why send it to a hundred people. ;) -- Charles MacDonald Stittsville Ontario cm...@

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Rant: Shipping to Germany

2015-11-29 Thread Charles MacDonald
keep drugs and Pornography in check and so the Government would pay them even if the duty was Nil. The USA if famous for having a lot of customs inspectors so perhaps your incoming shipments were checked but they did not figure the revenue would cover the cost of collecting the fees. -- Charles

Re: [neonixie-l] this is really cool (or maybe hot)

2015-11-24 Thread Charles MacDonald
On 15-11-24 06:55 PM, PsyPhi wrote: I think it's intended for indoor use, but you could always switch the jumper to the centigrade display option. BUT But, here we get -30C at least once a winter. -- Charles MacDonald Stittsville Ontario cm...@zeusprune.ca Just

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