Thanks for the info people! :) On May 20, 5:43 am, figureloop <cr...@sbcglobal.net> wrote: > On May 18, 4:16 am, Imbanon <imba.a...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Anyone knows where to find these? I think that they are very beautiful > > when the red coating is taken off. > > What prices can I expect? > > I am not currently planning to buy any, just want to know for the > > future. > > > Thank you! > > I bought a few hundred from Ask Jan First a couple years ago, hoping > to liquidate most of his supply, but ran out of money before > succeeding :-) > > They are very clear and crisp looking tubes. That is why I like > them. I care a lot about good looking tubes. ZM1210 are much, much > better than the Soviet construction tubes. I wouldn't plan to buy > your Nixies in the future. The ZM1210 are significantly more > expensive now than when I collected a bunch. They might simply be out > of stock when the day comes that you want to buy some. It's actually > surprizing that Jan still has stock, considering that these tubes are > still priced VERY reasonably, and compared to IN-8 (the most directly > comparable Russian tube), are a little more expensive, a little > smaller digit size, but much prettier looking display! I'll take the > ZM1210 over IN-8 any day. > > BTW, I have had 6 of these running for about 7 years now, about 16 > hours per day, in my one and only Nixie clock. They are still working > fine. I turned up the voltage a little bit 2 years ago because they > seemed just slightly dimmer than in the beginning. They may last many > more years still. > > Have fun.
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