Haha! There you go again David, being all practical and realistic about things...
I tend to forget that this all involves stone-age long obsolete data readout technology. :) Chuck > > >---- Original Message ---- >From: dfor...@dakotacom.net >To: neonixie-l@googlegroups.com >Subject: Re: [neonixie-l] Yet more 7441, 74141 questions >Date: Wed, 23 Nov 2011 14:24:49 -0700 > >>On 11/23/2011 2:16 PM, chuck richards wrote: >>> Ahh, ok then...it appears that the answer to my previous >>> question is that there is *not* any modern low current >>> single-package 16-pin DIP equivalent to the old 7441 or 74141 >>> or the russian versions of these. >>> >>> That being the case, even though the old 7441/74141 draw >>> a bit of current, they remain the simplest, one-package >>> solution. >>> >>> Am I wrong here? Am I missing something? >>> >>> Chuck >> >>Chuck, >> >>You are correct. Nixie tubes became obsolete in 1973, so there was >no reason for >>the chip makers to develop a CMOS version of the 74141 driver chip >for them. >> >>-- >>David Forbes, Tucson, AZ >> >>-- >>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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group >/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB. >> >> $4.95/mo. National Dialup, Anti-Spam, Anti-Virus, 5mb personal web space. 5x faster dialup for only $9.95/mo. No contracts, No fees, No Kidding! See http://www.All2Easy.net for more details! -- 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB.
