Re: [neonixie-l] Newbie would like to introduce himself

2021-09-02 Thread Richard Nicewonger
Hi Bill, I have a little story about that piece. When searching online a few weeks ago, I saw the ad from Andys Arcade that featured that part. The ad claimed only one left so you know I quickly place the order. A few days later I get an email from Andy telling me that the item was

Re: [neonixie-l] Newbie would like to introduce himself

2021-09-01 Thread Bill Notfaded
Wow Rich I have some panaplex and devices with them but the model you mention is rarer it seems. I wonder if they were used in some arcade games as I found a picture here: https://www.andysarcade.net/store2/images/source/comp/disp05.JPG You can see the common for digits on the right and one

Re: [neonixie-l] Newbie would like to introduce himself

2021-08-20 Thread Richard Nicewonger
Hi Bill, Thanks for the welcome! Yes, I agree with you about the “sickness” and I’m probably not getting any better! It’s bad enough trying to find parts that are generally considered unobtainium, but you bring up another point when trying to find a manual (either owner or service) that

Re: [neonixie-l] Newbie would like to introduce himself

2021-08-20 Thread Audrey
Please do! I've always suspected those X, Y, Z tubes were for machining On Fri, Aug 20, 2021, 12:20 PM Bill Notfaded wrote: > Welcome Rich... I too collect nixie tube test equipment including > calculators, frequency counters, scalers with dekatrons, and nixie > voltmeters. I even have some

Re: [neonixie-l] Newbie would like to introduce himself

2021-08-20 Thread Bill Notfaded
Welcome Rich... I too collect nixie tube test equipment including calculators, frequency counters, scalers with dekatrons, and nixie voltmeters. I even have some X,Y machining displays. I've been wanting to take some time to document some them. Once I get a piece of classic display

Re: [neonixie-l] Newbie would like to introduce himself

2021-08-05 Thread Nicholas Stock
Welcome to the madhouse! Only kiddinglots of very knowledgeable and more importantly, friendly and helpful folks on this list. No such thing as a stupid question here (unless you ask the same one twice. ha ha). Cheers, Nick On Thu, Aug 5, 2021 at 3:34 PM gregebert wrote: > "Abandon

Re: [neonixie-l] Newbie would like to introduce himself

2021-08-05 Thread gregebert
"Abandon all hope ye who enter here"...it's too late to turn back; nixie tubes are not only addictive, but they are known to cause other addictions. On Thursday, August 5, 2021 at 6:57:47 AM UTC-7 Keith Moore wrote: > Welcome! This place is my fave read of the day each day! :-) > > On

Re: [neonixie-l] Newbie would like to introduce himself

2021-08-05 Thread Keith Moore
Welcome! This place is my fave read of the day each day! :-) On Wednesday, August 4, 2021 at 5:21:59 PM UTC-4 Terry Bowman wrote: > On Aug 4, 2021, at 2:39 PM, Richard Nicewonger > wrote: > > My particular interest is not necessarily clocks (although I do have a > nixie version) but more

Re: [neonixie-l] Newbie would like to introduce himself

2021-08-04 Thread Mac Doktor
> On Aug 4, 2021, at 2:39 PM, Richard Nicewonger wrote: > > My particular interest is not necessarily clocks (although I do have a nixie > version) but more toward calculators and test equipment using these type of > displays. I am always a sucker for more of these that may require some work

[neonixie-l] Newbie would like to introduce himself

2021-08-04 Thread Richard Nicewonger
Hello everybody! I'd like to introduce myself to all. My name is Rich Nicewonger and I am a retired electronics technician. I worked in the field of power and energy measurement instrumentation for 40 years at a leading NJ company. Gas discharge displays have always interested me. In