Re: [neonixie-l] Brief flashback to almost good ol' B-7971 prices.

2019-06-07 Thread Bill Notfaded
That pinball score thing is pretty cool Michail. I like them too... Pretty neat. I'm going to Cisco Live next week I'm San Diego so I'm a little busy but I've got a bunch of kits and soldering to do. I did put an og-4 dekatron spinner together. First I want to solder the b5971 SS together. I

RE: [neonixie-l] Burroughs logo/letterhead scan needed

2019-06-07 Thread Nick
Hi Eric Uploading them to the group library would be excellent! Cheers Nick -- 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

Re: [neonixie-l] Nixie film appearance - Chernobyl miniseries

2019-06-07 Thread Дмитрий Шевченко
Yes. It's IN-8 or IN-8-2. сб, 8 июн. 2019 г. в 01:29, Kevin A. : > I think you're right. They cant be 14s since they dont have the upside > down "2" for the "5" digit. Wonder who took the original ones since most of > the switches and bits from the control panel have "gone missing" over the >

Re: [neonixie-l] Nixie film appearance - Chernobyl miniseries

2019-06-07 Thread Kevin A.
I think you're right. They cant be 14s since they dont have the upside down "2" for the "5" digit. Wonder who took the original ones since most of the switches and bits from the control panel have "gone missing" over the years.. On Fri, Jun 7, 2019, 5:49 PM Adam Jacobs wrote: > I think they are

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Clocks! Picture sharing....

2019-06-07 Thread Mac Doktor
This reply was written in a great hurry. And supper is ready. If anything is wrong or unclear let me know... > On Jun 7, 2019, at 5:00 PM, David Eustace wrote: > > Nixie's aren't too difficult with a good camera phone, just trial and error - > VFDs are hard as hell though. Any tips on

Re: [neonixie-l] Nixie film appearance - Chernobyl miniseries

2019-06-07 Thread Adam Jacobs
I think they are IN-8. I have a clock made with them right next to my television and it was a nice coincidence. -w7qi On Fri, Jun 7, 2019, 2:09 PM Kevin A. wrote: > I've been watching the HBO miniseries about Chernobyl (which is very > entertaining without disrespecting most of the facts).

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Clocks! Picture sharing....

2019-06-07 Thread Nicholas Stock
I think you may be overthinking things Greg...:-) Just kidding.. I’ve only ever used my iPhone to take pictures and some are good, some not so much...lighting is important! I have noticed that the recent XR camera doesn’t handle the glow of nixies very well, so i have to use a filter

[neonixie-l] Re: Clocks! Picture sharing....

2019-06-07 Thread 'jf...@my-deja.com' via neonixie-l
Back in the old days, a polarizing filter was used to suppress the Fresnel reflection. On Friday, June 7, 2019 at 12:55:20 PM UTC-7, gregebert wrote: > > Any tips on how to take good-quality photos ? Mine always turn out looking > horrible, partly due to reflections from the various glass

[neonixie-l] Re: Clocks! Picture sharing....

2019-06-07 Thread gregebert
Any tips on how to take good-quality photos ? Mine always turn out looking horrible, partly due to reflections from the various glass surfaces. Even with a tripod and minimal sources for reflections doesn't help me much. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google

Re: [neonixie-l] Brief flashback to almost good ol' B-7971 prices.

2019-06-07 Thread Bill Notfaded
Yeah the guy doesn't know his tubes very well I think. The box is definately wrong. On Friday, June 7, 2019 at 8:38:28 AM UTC-7, M1 wrote: > > You got lucky….. maybe. > > > > Description doesn’t match the tube. You confirmed it is the one pictured? > > > > Michail > > > > *From:*

[neonixie-l] RZ568m learnings

2019-06-07 Thread gregebert
I recently bought my first 3 RZ568m (Dalibor's replacement for the expensive and rare z568m) and wanted to share what I've found out, and see if others have additional info to contribute. 1. Construction. The most significant things I noticed are - Pins are not mounted thru the glass.

RE: [neonixie-l] Brief flashback to almost good ol' B-7971 prices.

2019-06-07 Thread Michail Wilson
You got lucky….. maybe. Description doesn’t match the tube. You confirmed it is the one pictured? Michail From: neonixie-l@googlegroups.com [mailto:neonixie-l@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Bill Notfaded Sent: Friday, June 7, 2019 7:19 AM To: neonixie-l Subject: [neonixie-l] Brief

[neonixie-l] Brief flashback to almost good ol' B-7971 prices.

2019-06-07 Thread Bill Notfaded
I found a B-7971 that I almost had for 60$ but someone tried to snipe it from me this morning... still $102.50 for a tube these days ain't half bad: https://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Nixie-Vacuum-Tube-untested/312638880048 Granted that isn't the really good ol' days prices of buying from a barrel

Re: [neonixie-l] Burroughs logo/letterhead scan needed

2019-06-07 Thread Bill Notfaded
Edit... looks good Eric. Bill -- 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. To post to this group, send an email to

Re: [neonixie-l] Burroughs logo/letterhead scan needed

2019-06-07 Thread Bill Notfaded
It looks really good Tika. Bill On Fri, Jun 7, 2019, 4:55 AM Tidak Ada wrote: > Hi, > > > > Finally I finished the vector artwork of the Bourns logo > > > > Because I don’t know which file type you can ‘eat’ I send you a list of > what is possible (see attachement) > > Let me know what fits

RE: [neonixie-l] Burroughs logo/letterhead scan needed

2019-06-07 Thread Tidak Ada
Hi, Finally I finished the vector artwork of the Bourns logo Because I don’t know which file type you can ‘eat’ I send you a list of what is possible (see attachement) Let me know what fits you the best. Then I can send you he files. The final size is 350 × 350 mm (13,75 × 13,75 in.),