It sure looks nice sitting there with the “others”. At my age, you can guess which readout I prefer! And it seems accurate, too. Very good work.
Rich > On Feb 6, 2022, at 2:45 PM, martin martin <mcvei...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Restoration completed. Old glue and tape cleaned on the face. As you can see > the numbers look good for a 46 year old counter! > > On Saturday, February 5, 2022 at 1:50:00 PM UTC-8 nice...@optonline.net wrote: > Thanks for that link Bill. It definitely needs TLC - a lot of it! I’ve never > seen that model before, but if you look closely you’ll see that it doesn’t use > LED’s but rather Panaplex displays (my favorite). Wish it wasn’t rack mount, > cheaper and in better shape or I might have went for it just for those > displays. Another interesting thing I noticed: rear label shows Eldorado as a > subsidiary of E-H International. Never heard of ‘em but I guess they had > acquired Eldo at some point. My only Eldo is model 1607 counter/timer. This > really helps toward my curiosity about that company and I am grateful. > > Rich > > >> On Feb 5, 2022, at 2:34 PM, Bill Notfaded <notf...@gmail.com >> <applewebdata://8E2B2F61-23A5-4E64-9EB4-E1D5E2B24DA4>> wrote: >> > >> They made a few with LED. Here's a time interval counter on eBay. I'd love >> one in good condition but this needs too much work! >> https://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-Eldorado-Model-797-EI797-R5-Rack-Mount-Tube-Time-Interval-Counter-PARTS-/153900473217?_ul=IN >> >> <https://www.ebay.com/itm/VINTAGE-Eldorado-Model-797-EI797-R5-Rack-Mount-Tube-Time-Interval-Counter-PARTS-/153900473217?_ul=IN> >> >> Bill >> >> On Saturday, February 5, 2022 at 11:20:04 AM UTC-7 nice...@optonline.net >> <http://optonline.net/> wrote: >> Hi All, >> >> Does anyone know whatever happened to Eldorado Electronics? I wonder if >> they ever made a counter or DVM that didn’t use Nixies. >> Don’t recall ever seeing any but maybe the group has some info. >> >> Rich >> >> >>> On Feb 4, 2022, at 6:28 AM, Bill Notfaded <notf...@gmail.com <>> wrote: >>> >> >>> >>> Amazing it looks like it's working fine Martin. Does anymore know how many >>> counters they made? I have a few but it's my guess they were one of the >>> companies that made the most counters with nixie up there with HP and >>> Systron Donner. One SYSTRON DONNER 7018 I have two of has the inverted >>> tubes in them that hang down instead of standing up. I bought a second one >>> missing one tube. Supposed to have 8 tube but someone must have needed one >>> and removed it. >>> >>> On Friday, February 4, 2022 at 4:19:36 AM UTC-7 Bill Notfaded wrote: >>> Love it Terry! I love eldorado counters super cool stuff! I'm a counter >>> freak to begin with so anything with nixie I can hook up to a 10MHz >>> reference is really awesome! >>> >>> Bill >>> On Monday, January 31, 2022 at 5:19:49 PM UTC-7 Bill van Dijk wrote: >>> Thanks Terry, I have already found a very good scan on-line. Amazing >>> manual, it goes through a complete discussion on how the unit works and >>> includes a schematic with parts list. It includes instructions on >>> calibration also. Compare that with what you get today, if anything at all. >>> >>> >>> >>> Bill v >>> >>> >>> >>> From: neoni...@googlegroups.com <> [mailto:neoni...@googlegroups.com <>] On >>> Behalf Of Mac Doktor >>> Sent: Monday, January 31, 2022 6:52 PM >>> To: neonixie-l <neoni...@googlegroups.com <>> >>> Subject: Re: [neonixie-l] El Dorado Frequency Counter Restoration >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Jan 31, 2022, at 3:49 PM, Bill van Dijk <theold...@gmail.com <>> wrote: >>> >>> >>> >>> I have an Eldorado model 1615 in my collection. It has 6 Nixies in the >>> display. It is cooled with a fan which sounds like a fully loaded 747 >>> taking off! J >>> >>> I have the manual for the 1615 if anyone needs it. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Terry Bowman, KA4HJH >>> "The Mac Doctor" >>> >>> https://www.astarcloseup.com <https://www.astarcloseup.com/> >>> >>> "Every kid starts out as a natural-born scientist, and then we beat it out >>> of them. 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