Maybe we need to just get a group of hooligans to go to Ukraine and start prying open old warehouses and rifling through them...
On Fri, Jun 11, 2021 at 3:30 PM Nick Andrews <nickjandr...@gmail.com> wrote: > I actually bought some of those 16-segment ones for that very reason! > I've always trashed the typical generic multi-digit ones from old adding > machines, etc because they're just not cool. But these individual tubes > are pretty nice, and big. Also got some of the really big 7-segment ones. > > On Fri, Jun 11, 2021 at 2:54 PM tntmod54321 <tntmod...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> There are still deals to ve found :) maybe it's time to try VFDs haha >> >> On Fri, Jun 11, 2021, 3:53 PM Joe Croft <cro...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Sadly, gone are the days when the common folk could go out and >>> obtain/make an affordable clock or other device. It is becoming a hobby for >>> the well to do :(. It was fun while it lasted. >>> >>> -joe >>> >>> On Fri, 2021-06-11 at 12:39 -0700, Bill Notfaded wrote: >>> >>> 55$ for an IN-14... geesh! It's fine grid but what? >>> >>> Bill >>> >>> On Thursday, June 10, 2021 at 2:24:48 PM UTC-7 nickja...@gmail.com >>> wrote: >>> >>> Good info, thanks! >>> >>> On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 4:04 PM Nicholas Stock <nick...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Same story, no Hg in those either and the IN1 has the bakelite type base >>> (fugly to some). I had a clock with IN4's in and got fed up changing the >>> tubes..looked like internal shorts (whisker development), but I didn't >>> analyze them very closely....I have one of Juergen's IN2 clocks on my desk >>> and I have to replace one of the tubes every 4 or 5 months it would >>> seem..... However, I haven't had to replace an IN17 (same digit size as far >>> as I can see).. >>> >>> useful table here with datasheet lifetimes... >>> >>> https://gra-afch.com/how-it-works/how-to-choose-the-right-nixie-tube/ >>> >>> On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 1:54 PM Nick Andrews <nickja...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> $2.06ea delivered, if they get here. Hopefully some good ones. >>> Allegedly NOS, but you know how that goes. How about the IN-1 and IN-4? >>> Don't have any of those. Yet. >>> >>> On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 3:50 PM Nicholas Stock <nick...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Yep, it's gone nuts. >>> >>> Beware the IN2, no Hg, so lifetime can be short and their QC left a >>> little to be desired..... >>> >>> On Thu, Jun 10, 2021 at 1:47 PM Nick Andrews <nickja...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> SO it's getting beyond ridiculous now. Over $6ea for IN-17 now? >>> Really? Quadrupled in price since I got a hundred of them just a few >>> months ago. IN-12 are psychotic too. Just bought hundred IN-2 and >>> waiting on them. 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