Re: [neonixie-l] Original Tube Prices

[Audrey]

My understanding is that the prices dropped a lot as time went on, here's
another price catalog from 1970 that mentions most of the same tubes for
much cheaper, with B-5750 types just $4@1000pcs - roughly $25/pc now.

On Thu, Aug 31, 2023, 10:02 PM LB  wrote:

> Hi all,
>
> Out of curiosity, I took a look at some old Burroughs nixie tube price
> lists, and took the prices (1-99 pcs) to an inflation calculator
> (1963->2023). Here are some highlights:
>
> B-4991 (Miniature, $68.00) -> $677.10
> B-7094 (Jumbo, $45.00) -> $448.08
> B-4032 (Miniature, $33.00) -> $328.59
> B-5971 (13 Segments, $16.75) -> $166.79
> 6844-A (Standard, $11.00) -> $109.53
> B-9012 (Pixie, $5.00) -> $49.79
>
> I know that these tubes were made pretty much exclusively for
> military/non-consumer applications, but it's still interesting to see just
> how expensive nixies were in reasonable quantities.
>
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[neonixie-l] Original Tube Prices

[LB]

Hi all,

Out of curiosity, I took a look at some old Burroughs nixie tube price 
lists, and took the prices (1-99 pcs) to an inflation calculator 
(1963->2023). Here are some highlights:

B-4991 (Miniature, $68.00) -> $677.10
B-7094 (Jumbo, $45.00) -> $448.08
B-4032 (Miniature, $33.00) -> $328.59
B-5971 (13 Segments, $16.75) -> $166.79
6844-A (Standard, $11.00) -> $109.53
B-9012 (Pixie, $5.00) -> $49.79

I know that these tubes were made pretty much exclusively for 
military/non-consumer applications, but it's still interesting to see just 
how expensive nixies were in reasonable quantities.

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Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Oops!

[Richard Scales]

356 - like a couple of 352 side by side and totally pin compatible - I 
collect those too!

- Richard


On Thursday, 31 August 2023 at 05:23:42 UTC+1 Audrey wrote:

> Indeed, I really rather like the SP-151, it's great that someone is 
> selling them cheaply on ebay ATM. This same board also has 2x "HB-356" 
> (4-digit panaplex).
>
> On Thu, Aug 31, 2023 at 12:10 AM Richard Scales  
> wrote:
>
>> On first glance I would see that as an SP-354 though there are variants 
>> without the keep-alive pin (which this one does seem to have). I wonder how 
>> it differs from a regular SP-354.
>>
>> I love these panaplex displays and have used several different types for 
>> various clock projects. The SP-354  does not lend itself quite so well to 
>> the task with just a leading '1' - there is an SP-151 variant which has the 
>> same digits, loses the + and - but gains 'A M P M' and colon parts - I have 
>> used those in a couple of designs.
>>
>> Interesting number variation though.
>>
>> - Richard
>>
>> On Thursday, 31 August 2023 at 03:49:41 UTC+1 Audrey wrote:
>>
>>> Looks like these were accidentally marked "HB33401", with a 5 later 
>>> written over the second 3.
>>> :P
>>>
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