Wow Rich I have some panaplex and devices with them but the model you mention is rarer it seems. I wonder if they were used in some arcade games as I found a picture here: https://www.andysarcade.net/store2/images/source/comp/disp05.JPG You can see the common for digits on the right and one on the left.
Bill On Friday, August 20, 2021 at 11:55:47 AM UTC-7 nice...@optonline.net wrote: > Hi Bill, > > Thanks for the welcome! Yes, I agree with you about the “sickness” and I’m > probably not getting any better! > It’s bad enough trying to find parts that are generally considered > unobtainium, but you bring up another point > when trying to find a manual (either owner or service) that may be harder > to locate than the parts themselves. > One example of that is my search for Sperry Panaplex display SP-737. This > 3-digit bugger has one anode for > the left digit and another common to the other two digits. This is used in > a Marlin calculator for the two least-significant > digits as well as polarity and error indicator. Sooner or later it will > probably appear for sale at a price equal to an > ounce of gold! Such a deal! All the best. > > Rich N. > > > > On Aug 20, 2021, at 12:20 PM, Bill Notfaded <notf...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Welcome Rich... I too collect nixie tube test equipment including > calculators, frequency counters, scalers with dekatrons, and nixie > voltmeters. I even have some X,Y machining displays. I've been wanting to > take some time to document some them. Once I get a piece of classic > display technology gear then I'm always looking for the original manuals to > go with them as well! It's kinda a sickness. > > Bill > On Thursday, August 5, 2021 at 7:15:26 PM UTC-7 Pramanicin wrote: > >> Welcome to the madhouse! Only kidding....lots of very knowledgeable and >> more importantly, friendly and helpful folks on this list. No such thing as >> a stupid question here (unless you ask the same one twice..... ha ha). >> >> Cheers, >> >> Nick >> >> On Thu, Aug 5, 2021 at 3:34 PM gregebert <greg...@hotmail.com> wrote: >> >>> "Abandon all hope ye who enter here".......it's too late to turn back; >>> nixie tubes are not only addictive, but they are known to cause other >>> addictions. >>> >>> On Thursday, August 5, 2021 at 6:57:47 AM UTC-7 Keith Moore wrote: >>> >>>> Welcome! This place is my fave read of the day each day! :-) >>>> >>>> On Wednesday, August 4, 2021 at 5:21:59 PM UTC-4 Terry Bowman wrote: >>>> >>>>> On Aug 4, 2021, at 2:39 PM, Richard Nicewonger <nice...@optonline.net> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> My particular interest is not necessarily clocks (although I do have a >>>>> nixie version) but more toward calculators and test equipment using these >>>>> type of displays. I am always a sucker for more of these that may require >>>>> some work to be operational. Sometimes I shoot myself in the foot because >>>>> of the difficulty in finding replacement parts for 50+ year old >>>>> equipment, >>>>> especially displays! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> You're in good company. The cost of replacement tubes is rising at an >>>>> increasingly non-linear rate. Service manuals range from free pdfs to >>>>> over-priced eBay listings to non-existent. >>>>> >>>>> As for other parts, there are those lighted push-buttons on my >>>>> Systron-Donner Time Code Generator/Reader. My apologies for complaining >>>>> about this at least three times before but the d*mn thing is working >>>>> perfectly and all it needs is a fix for those broken caps! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I hope to get some insight from knowledgeable folks here. So, looking >>>>> forward to having some interesting and useful conversations. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> You came to the right place. I shot myself in the foot by not joining >>>>> up a year earlier. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Terry Bowman, KA4HJH >>>>> "The Mac Doctor" >>>>> >>>>> https://www.astarcloseup.com >>>>> >>>>> “...the book said something astonishing, a very big thought. The >>>>> stars, it said, were suns but very far away. 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