Re: [neonixie-l] Z568M boxes

2016-12-31 Thread Nicholas Stock
Ha ha! The boxes are left over from a couple of Spectrum Z568 clocks I was asked to build for someonethey didn't want the boxes, so they've been cluttering up the 'masculum speluncam' for a while. They're going to a good home... I know Mitch F has an 8 tube clock board that'll take them O

Re: [neonixie-l] Four Letter Word partial kit

2016-12-31 Thread Greg P
Surprised you received them, John. On Saturday, December 31, 2016 at 8:51:40 AM UTC-5, jrehwin wrote: > > Probably mine. I'm not aware that anyone else ever offered a kit. > > > While it does sound like one of Pete's kits, Ray Weisling also offered > kits (I have a couple of his, unassembled).

Re: [neonixie-l] Z568M boxes

2016-12-31 Thread gregebert
Curious to see what you built with 10 tubes. Heh-heh, I'd be happy to take the boxes off your hands if the tubes are included -- 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 i

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Leap second...

2016-12-31 Thread 'Terry S' via neonixie-l
Interesting read: http://www.leapsecond.com/notes/leap-watch.htm Terry On Saturday, December 31, 2016 at 10:11:17 AM UTC-6, Scott McInness wrote: > > The most recent leap second was inserted on 30 June 2015 at 23:59:60 UTC, > so whatever happened 18 months *should* happen again this time. Note t

RE: [neonixie-l] Re: Leap second...

2016-12-31 Thread Scott McInness
The most recent leap second was inserted on 30 June 2015 at 23:59:60 UTC, so whatever happened 18 months should happen again this time. Note that the leap second is inserted at 23:59:60 UTC, so your local time zone will affect when you actually see the leap second – it’s about eight hours away.

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Leap second...

2016-12-31 Thread Nicholas Stock
Y2K all over again!! If I can stay up I'll try and keep an eye on mine. Happy New Year Folks! On Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 7:41 AM, H. Carl Ott wrote: > I'm not 100% sure, and I wrote the code. lol, > > But really. > > We convert the time info in the GPS NMEA sentence to a 32 bit elapsed > seco

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Leap second...

2016-12-31 Thread H. Carl Ott
I'm not 100% sure, and I wrote the code. lol, But really. We convert the time info in the GPS NMEA sentence to a 32 bit elapsed seconds count from an epoch date. This is what gets transmitted via the RPTR radio link. So. Dec 31, 23:59:60 Jan 1, 00:00:00 Should both display the same (as Jan

[neonixie-l] Re: Leap second...

2016-12-31 Thread Jon D.
Does anyone know how the MOD-SIX_7971 will display this extra second? Jon -- 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.

[neonixie-l] Re: Leap second...

2016-12-31 Thread 'Terry S' via neonixie-l
I wonder how my WWVB based clocks will handle that? Might have to stay up and watch. Terry On Friday, December 30, 2016 at 9:35:10 PM UTC-6, Nick wrote: > > A chance to record 23:59:60 on your nixie clock this New Year's Eve as a > leap second is being added - only the 27th ever... > > Nick >

Re: [neonixie-l] Four Letter Word partial kit

2016-12-31 Thread John Rehwinkel
> Probably mine. I'm not aware that anyone else ever offered a kit. While it does sound like one of Pete's kits, Ray Weisling also offered kits (I have a couple of his, unassembled). - John -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To uns

[neonixie-l] Re: Four Letter Word partial kit

2016-12-31 Thread John
If your middle initial is "E" it's probably yours, as the schematics are initialed "PEH". It looks to have a couple of micros on it and some headers installed . All BOM / etch drawings and instructions are included. $25 shipped? John On Saturday, December 31, 2016 at 5:02:38 AM UTC-5, petehan

[neonixie-l] Re: Four Letter Word partial kit

2016-12-31 Thread petehand
Probably mine. I'm not aware that anyone else ever offered a kit. On Friday, December 30, 2016 at 12:41:29 PM UTC-8, Greg P wrote: > > What kit is it? Not many out there for the 7971 tubes. > > > > On Friday, December 30, 2016 at 2:20:28 PM UTC-5, John wrote: >> >> I've got a "kit" for this (boa