Re: Re: [neonixie-l] Re: TESTED 4 Nixie Tubes Burroughs B-7971 3½" tall 14-segment character

2019-03-27 Thread gregebert
WARNING: This product may become addictive. At least nixie tubes are a *healthy* addiction. I think everyone in this forum thrives on the new creations, misadventures, and shared knowledge. I enjoyed the conspiracy theories, but in the end we're all happy you got your tubes. Just be sure to

Re: Re: [neonixie-l] Re: TESTED 4 Nixie Tubes Burroughs B-7971 3½" tall 14-segment character

2019-03-27 Thread Bill Notfaded
Speaking of Dalibor... Check the size of this from his blog!!! Skip the Rodan and do this: https://www.daliborfarny.com/wp-content/uploads/2018/10/2018-09-27-134534.jpg -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To unsubscribe from this

Re: [neonixie-l] OT: audio levels

2019-03-27 Thread David Forbes
Expect 0.1 to 1V peak-peak, depending on volume. On Wed, Mar 27, 2019, 6:11 PM jb-electronics wrote: > Hello Nixie friends, > > I am thinking of building a simple all-in-one VU meter using a > microcontroller to visualize the audio signal on a headphone line (say, > I feed the headphone output

[neonixie-l] OT: audio levels

2019-03-27 Thread jb-electronics
Hello Nixie friends, I am thinking of building a simple all-in-one VU meter using a microcontroller to visualize the audio signal on a headphone line (say, I feed the headphone output of my PC to my circuit, and then I install a pass-thru to connect to my headphones). What is the typical

Re: [neonixie-l] TESTED 4 Nixie Tubes Burroughs B-7971 3½" tall 14-segment character

2019-03-27 Thread Nick
The ZeroStat was, aledgedly, also good for killing annoying CB radios. Supposedly (and I obviously have no knowledge of this) you zapped near the aerial and the RF input stage died. Shocking, I know... Who would do such a thing ? Nick -- You received this message because you are subscribed

[neonixie-l] Re: TESTED 4 Nixie Tubes Burroughs B-7971 3½" tall 14-segment character

2019-03-27 Thread Terry Kennedy
On Wednesday, March 27, 2019 at 12:36:13 PM UTC-4, Jeff Walton wrote: > > Note that the auction from the newest seller is using the same photos and > has the same bidders in common... > > On Tuesday, March 26, 2019 at 9:25:52 AM UTC-5, Pramanicin wrote: >> >> Things are going a little crazy??? 4

Re: [neonixie-l] TESTED 4 Nixie Tubes Burroughs B-7971 3½" tall 14-segment character

2019-03-27 Thread Mac Doktor
> On Mar 26, 2019, at 10:10 PM, Nicholas Stock wrote: > > I used to think they weren’t proper nixie tubes way back when i got into this > hobby. You know, back when they were going for under $20 dollars each. What a > muppet i was. A friend of mine gave me one (with the socket) years ago. I

Re: Re: [neonixie-l] Re: TESTED 4 Nixie Tubes Burroughs B-7971 3½" tall 14-segment character

2019-03-27 Thread Dan Hollis
TBH i'd rather dalibor do rodan clones :) -Dan On Wed, 27 Mar 2019, Kevin A. wrote: Exactly. This is blatant price fixing. If only someone started making new 7971s like Dalibor and started selling them at a reasonable enough price... On Wed, Mar 27, 2019, 12:36 PM Jeff Walton wrote: Note

[neonixie-l] Re: TESTED 4 Nixie Tubes Burroughs B-7971 3½" tall 14-segment character

2019-03-27 Thread Jeff Walton
Note that the auction from the newest seller is using the same photos and has the same bidders in common... On Tuesday, March 26, 2019 at 9:25:52 AM UTC-5, Pramanicin wrote: > > Things are going a little crazy??? 4 B7971’s just sold for over $250 > eachthere’s another auction for two tubes

Re: [neonixie-l] TESTED 4 Nixie Tubes Burroughs B-7971 3½" tall 14-segment character

2019-03-27 Thread Jeff Walton
I had some 7971's from the late 60's from Poly Packs, back when the "ebay" of the day was the back pages of camera and electronics magazines. Yep, I wish that I had bought a bunch. Who knew? In the case of the auction that was originally mentioned on eBay, I agree with a previous comment that

Re: [neonixie-l] TESTED 4 Nixie Tubes Burroughs B-7971 3½" tall 14-segment character

2019-03-27 Thread gregebert
I recall Poly-Paks selling 7971 units back in the mid 1970's; one of those barrel deals where I guess they literally had barrels of these things. I cant tell you how many times I've kicked myself in the face for not buying any of them. I'm guessing most of these came from brokerage houses that