[neonixie-l] Re: Finally ready to share... the IV4LW2

2010-11-18 Thread Stuckey
That's awesome; I can't wait to see the finished project. I know your last version got a good amount of press; how many are you planning on making this time around? Regards, Brian / tubeclockdb.com On Nov 18, 5:59 pm, koolatron wrote: > Hi all, > > It's taken me months and months of spare time

[neonixie-l] Reminder - Win a VFD clock kit

2010-11-18 Thread Stuckey
Hello - The contest to win a VFD clock from NixieKits.EU ends soon. All you have to do to enter is leave a post here: http://www.tubeclockdb.com/forum/Notices/391-VFD-Clock-Kit-Giveaway!.html Brian -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group.

[neonixie-l] Re: Nixie Tube History - help needed

2010-11-18 Thread A.J. Franzman
On Nov 18, 7:03 am, Accutron wrote: > The Martin boxes are still important though, because they > prove the Inditron was actually *used* in something. Based on what > Martin was doing at the time, the best guess is an aircraft display or > some piece of equipment that was part of Project Vanguar

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Nixie Tube History - help needed

2010-11-18 Thread Charles MacDonald
On 10-11-18 08:41 PM, Charles MacDonald wrote: On 10-11-18 06:20 AM, Dekatron42 wrote: Nick, Here is some information which does not match the GI-21 but atleast shows that the "SM-C-2092" number is used for other parts in the US military, http://www.wbparts.com/nsndetail.cfm?NIIN=006429929 - th

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Nixie Tube History - help needed

2010-11-18 Thread Charles MacDonald
On 10-11-18 06:20 AM, Dekatron42 wrote: Nick, Here is some information which does not match the GI-21 but atleast shows that the "SM-C-2092" number is used for other parts in the US military, http://www.wbparts.com/nsndetail.cfm?NIIN=006429929 - this also shows that the 5960 number is used for

[neonixie-l] Finally ready to share... the IV4LW2

2010-11-18 Thread koolatron
Hi all, It's taken me months and months of spare time (what little I get these days) to work on this, but I finally think my most recent project is finished-enough to warrant sharing. A couple of years ago I built a word-generator clock using IV-4 alphanumeric VFD tubes, that somewhat approximate

[neonixie-l] Re: Nixie Tube History - help needed

2010-11-18 Thread Nick
On Nov 18, 3:03 pm, Accutron wrote: > Patent #2769939 is *not* the GI-10 patent. Dieter incorrectly has that > patent up on his site as the GI-10 patent, but the GI-10 patent is > actually #2756366. The Northrop patent is not related to the GI-10, > other than it's another gas discharge display

[neonixie-l] Puck Clock Available

2010-11-18 Thread LarryWorks
Built into a regulation Hockey Puck this new Nixie clock design uses LED's for hours and (2) 1N12 Nixie tubes for minutes. Red LED's are on the 9, 12, 3 and 6 o'clock positions to make reading from a distance easier. All other LED's are orange. I built one in Red, White and Blue just for fun. D

[neonixie-l] Re: Nixie Tube History - help needed

2010-11-18 Thread marcin
On 17 Nov, 23:34, jb-electronics wrote: > > I would like to mention pro-forma that GI-21 does have an anode. It is > > not a front grid but it is there. > It does? This is new information for me. When I made the pictures for > the GI-21 site OK, I took my GI-21 out of its box and ran tests: GI-2

[neonixie-l] Re: Nixie Tube History - help needed

2010-11-18 Thread Accutron
Patent #2769939 is *not* the GI-10 patent. Dieter incorrectly has that patent up on his site as the GI-10 patent, but the GI-10 patent is actually #2756366. The Northrop patent is not related to the GI-10, other than it's another gas discharge display design. http://www.freepatentsonline.com/27563

[neonixie-l] Re: Nixie Tube History - help needed

2010-11-18 Thread Dekatron42
Nick, Here is some information which does not match the GI-21 but atleast shows that the "SM-C-2092" number is used for other parts in the US military, http://www.wbparts.com/nsndetail.cfm?NIIN=006429929 - this also shows that the 5960 number is used for these parts, although I did not find any r

[neonixie-l] Re: Nixie Tube History - help needed

2010-11-18 Thread Nick
On Nov 18, 7:32 am, Accutron wrote: > The Martin Company was an aircraft manufacturer - the same Martin that > would end up as part of Lockheed Martin. They also produced missiles > and other military stuff. The tubes are probably replacement parts for > a Martin aircraft display, or were possibly