Re: [neonixie-l] Re: B & F Enterprises ZM100 Nixie Clock

2019-10-16 Thread James Drosopoulos
does look a lot like the general > Texas Instruments TTL Nixie Clock, not sure if it is a copy of that design > though. > > /Martin > > > > On Monday, 14 October 2019 01:01:28 UTC+2, James Drosopoulos wrote: >> >> Hello all . Schematic needed I have a complet

[neonixie-l] B & F Enterprises ZM100 Nixie Clock

2019-10-13 Thread James Drosopoulos
Hello all . Schematic needed I have a complete clock and two seperate boards of a clock that was sold by B & F Enterprises cicra early 1970's as a kit . I need a schematic to get them up to speed. Maybe someone in the group built one of these . Any help help is greatly appreciated. Thanks in

[neonixie-l] Re: Upside-down nixies

2017-11-10 Thread James Drosopoulos
On Friday, November 10, 2017 at 1:59:30 PM UTC-5, newxito wrote: > > This year I would like to decorate the tree with a nixie clock. The idea > is to put the tubes into 6 transparent balls. I’m looking for some > upside-down nixies. Any suggestions? > Hi .. I have 7 Burroughs B5560 upside

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Wamco Minitrons

2013-01-27 Thread James Drosopoulos
! On Saturday, 26 January 2013 19:10:15 UTC, jrehwin wrote: Ok took some photos so you can get an idea of what they look like. The series resistors are 1/8 watt 100 ohms and the supply voltage is 5 volts . Unfortunately Google says they're too big to post . I had James send them to me

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Wamco Minitrons

2013-01-26 Thread James Drosopoulos
Yeah, james, can you put images here? -- Bryan Goines On Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 3:33 PM, kay486 wrote: you should just put the images here, id love to see them too! On Thursday, 24 January 2013 19:42:22 UTC, James Drosopoulos wrote: Hello Bryan, I've

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Wamco Minitrons

2013-01-26 Thread James Drosopoulos
the first part . Mine is JCD5505DL at AOL.COM . Resend it to me in that format so I can read it . Thx .. Jim ... On Saturday, January 26, 2013 7:28:59 AM UTC-5, James Drosopoulos wrote: Yeah, james, can you put images here? -- Bryan Goines On Thursday, January 24, 2013 at 3

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Wamco Minitrons

2013-01-24 Thread James Drosopoulos
-mail address and I'll forward you a picture of it . Jim ... On Wednesday, January 23, 2013 11:25:29 PM UTC-5, James Drosopoulos wrote: Ok . Give me a few days and I'll look and see what I might have . Jim .. On Wednesday, January 23, 2013 11:45:28 AM UTC-5, bryan wrote: Yeah I found some from

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Wamco Minitrons

2013-01-23 Thread James Drosopoulos
Ok . Give me a few days and I'll look and see what I might have . Jim .. On Wednesday, January 23, 2013 11:45:28 AM UTC-5, bryan wrote: Yeah I found some from ebay a while ago. It's really hard to find it. Need 4 more. -- Bryan Goines On Saturday, January 19, 2013 at 1:47 AM, James

[neonixie-l] Re: Wamco Minitrons

2013-01-18 Thread James Drosopoulos
Hello Bryan , Did you ever find any of those Wamco Minitrons ? Please let me know and I'll look and see if I have any hidden away some where .All the best then .. Jim Drosopoulos ... On Monday, December 10, 2012 8:17:09 PM UTC-5, bryan wrote: Anyone from here have Wamco Minitrons KW-105S

[neonixie-l] Karlsson nixie clock losing time

2012-03-17 Thread James
A friend just dropped by with a Karlsson clock that he says is losing about a minute a day. It was the first time I've seen one of these in person and I'm not familiar with the circuit. I'm impressed by the fit finish, but underwhelmed by the performance. The tubes glow dim and look almost

[neonixie-l] Re: Nixie Tube Power Supply: 0..300V @ 30mA max.

2011-07-22 Thread James
On Jul 22, 2:44 am, jb-electronics webmas...@jb-electronics.de wrote: Hi folks, here's that topic again, a Nixie tube power supply. The background is this: I would like to build a universal power supply that can be used to drive all kinds of display devices: VFD tubes with their 50-60V

[neonixie-l] Re: wrong numbers

2011-07-22 Thread James
On Jul 20, 10:36 am, neutron spin mrstan...@charter.net wrote: I have a minor comment on the circuit designIf you are going to use a battery the 7805 will waste power. How can this be avoided?  One fix would be to use a Low-dropout regulator...using the walwart of course you are not

[neonixie-l] Re: oscilloscope blues

2011-07-22 Thread James
There are lots of tutorials online, do a google search for using an oscilloscope. Build a 555 oscillator or a transistor multivibrator and start poking around, you'll get the hang of it. When it comes to more advanced features like various trigger modes, delayed sweep, etc, refer to the manual for

[neonixie-l] Re: Higher current HVPS

2011-07-22 Thread James
On Jul 18, 12:40 pm, Adam Jacobs a...@jacobs.us wrote: Wow! That site is great. Maybe I'll build a 1500w amplifier instead of a 10w. :) Anyone have a source for high current FET's? -Adam You can get them anywhere, they're not even terribly expensive anymore. I've found batches of various

[neonixie-l] Re: Need B-7971 sockets

2011-07-14 Thread James
On Jul 13, 3:06 pm, caliburgers caliburg...@verizon.net wrote: Hi all! Looking for B-7971 sockets.  Does anyone have 4 for sale? Regards, Don As with many Nixie tubes, the sockets can be the hardest part to find. Fortunately you can get pin receptacles that work fine, as do DB connector

[neonixie-l] Re: New member has a question

2011-07-13 Thread James
Oh shoot, I accidentally hit the report as spam link. Not sure what that does? -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups neonixie-l group. To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to

[neonixie-l] Re: 3000 tubes per year?

2011-07-08 Thread James
How about a pinch seal with an inline row of wires? I've only ever made those with two wires, but I don't see why it would be that much more difficult to put 10+ wires through with an appropriate jig. Induction heating is easy, I built one of those a while back that I use for other things. As for

[neonixie-l] Re: 3000 tubes per year?

2011-07-08 Thread James
On Jul 8, 2:34 pm, xdugef i...@xdugef.com wrote: I had an idea the other day which may not be possible because of the heat involved in the making of a nixie or because of the conditions inside the tube once it's filled with gas but it were possible to include an ic inside the tube then you

[neonixie-l] Re: 3000 tubes per year?

2011-07-07 Thread James
I'm not suggesting that $10 Z568M clones will be turning up any time soon, but just look at some of the stuff that comes out of China and similar places. I recently bought a brand new replacement CRT for my scope clock that came from there and it was only around 40 bucks. What uses a 3

[neonixie-l] Re: now a full 7179 clock from the same seller, check out those tubes

2011-07-01 Thread James
On Jun 30, 3:31 am, Nick n...@desmith.net wrote: On Jun 30, 8:53 am, JohnK yend...@internode.on.net wrote: Generally, old electrolytic caps that have just been allowed to sit can be re-formed and henceforth operate properly. That's a bit of a sweeping statement. Of the kit I've rebuilt,

[neonixie-l] Re: US power grid frequency tests.

2011-07-01 Thread James
On Jun 29, 11:20 pm, John Rehwinkel jreh...@mac.com wrote: The vast majority of line powered clocks use the grid frequency for timing, both analog and digital. It's great because I can set all the clocks and they all stay exactly in sync with one another. Oh, they still will.  They'll

[neonixie-l] Re: US power grid frequency tests.

2011-06-29 Thread James
On Jun 24, 6:10 pm, H. Carl Ott hcarl...@gmail.com wrote:  Of possible interest. A lot of my clocks use the grid as a reference.  http://goo.gl/KhgtQ  carl What are they smoking? The vast majority of line powered clocks use the grid frequency for timing, both analog and digital. It's

[neonixie-l] Re: B7971's for sale (again)

2011-06-29 Thread James
On Jun 24, 11:59 am, Wayne de Geere III wa...@degeere.com wrote: This story is breaking my heart. For that sort of breakage, it would have made sense to fly out there and pack them up yourselves. I have to admit, the mea culpas i carry with me would make grown men cry, I know how this

[neonixie-l] Re: B7971's for sale (again)

2011-06-29 Thread James
On Jun 26, 6:17 am, Nicholas Stock nickst...@gmail.com wrote: Not sure I understand... I always keep an eye on eBay for tube bargains.. Unfortunately those seem to be getting rarer these days as people are asking crazy prices for nixies etc Didn't they change it recently so you can

[neonixie-l] Re: Counterfeit Nixie Clocks on eBay

2011-06-29 Thread James
I assume these are kits built around micro-controllers, right? If so, how did they replcate the firmware? Trivial if they got hold of an original controller without code protection, but much more concerning if they would have had to crack it. Obviously one assumes that organisations with