Here's some more information on the DM160: http://www.r-type.org/exhib/aai0056.htm where you can see them being used in mainframe computers. We used a small testplug with a row of DM160 to push over the pins on the backplane on mainframe computers (don't remember if it was a Siemens or an IBM mainframe though, could have been an Amdahl to) to check the logic level signals. A few books describe these DM160 complete with the circuit diagram used to interface them to transistor logic.
One thing that almost all circuit diagram points out is the use of a grid resistor from 100K to 1M to limit the grid current. Some people have even built small amplifiers out of these, they are triodes so why not. Just google "vfd triode" or "nutube" that Korg/Noritake named theirs. /Martin -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to neonixie-l+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send an email to neonixie-l@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web, visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/neonixie-l/1b0dd47f-9b75-4033-bbdf-a064b3bf5c95%40googlegroups.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
