Merry Xmas to all too...especially all those members whose creations I have discovered over the last few years and brought me some much joy (and the wife, so much bemusement....;-)
To 2012! Cheers, Nick Sent from my iPhone On Dec 24, 2011, at 6:14, Shane Ellis <mime...@gmail.com> wrote: > Marry Christmas to all!!! > > Sent from my iPhone > > On Dec 24, 2011, at 7:01 AM, fixitsan <chefin...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> I would just like to wish all group members a Happy Christmas >> >> It is 10 years ago that I began my first experiments with nixie tubes, >> when I decided that I wanted to make a nixie clock for my father's >> 60th birthday present. So, beginning in November I ordered tubes, some >> PICs, downloaded Microchip's MPLAB for the first time and taught >> myself assembly language for PICs. It was a steep learning curve >> considering the 10 week deadline, but I couldn't afford a higher level >> language so battled on. >> >> Then my interest continued with an invite from Ray Weisling to join >> the first nixie group, NEONIXIE-L on Yahoo, when he saw me selling >> clock number 2 on eBay, which I made in order to pay for both clocks. >> >> It is nice to see so many of those members are also here, and with you >> there is also a huge number of new people with an interest in nixies. >> It is nice to know that so many people share an interest with >> yourself ! >> >> Although I built the first clock alone, it is true to say that I would >> not have improved my skills or opened my mind to some very interesting >> ideas had it not been for my membership of that group, and the >> support, the nagging, challenges and humour shared among all members >> there, and now here. >> >> I seem to have taken those ideas sideways into developing the >> Smartsocket concept, originally for neon based tubes and now for the >> IV-17 vfd tubes which I first began experimenting with in 2007. (it >> has been a slow project !) >> >> Merry Christmas and the best of the season to you all and your >> families >> >> Chris >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
