Re: [neonixie-l] Re: I had to have the 7777777777 tube!

2021-07-31 Thread Nick Andrews
Probably counted dogs too, since they are better than people. On Sat, Jul 31, 2021, 2:56 PM 'Nick' via neonixie-l < neonixie-l@googlegroups.com> wrote: > That's weird - we passed that number in 2020 - was the tube made last year > and if so, who made it? > > Nick > > On Tuesday, 13 July 2021 at

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: I had to have the 7777777777 tube!

2021-07-31 Thread Audrey
WOW, i was wondering who got it. I thought it was someone's personal project, if it was actually an official tube to celebrate that then that's definitely worth the ~$200-250 On Sat, Jul 31, 2021, 3:56 PM 'Nick' via neonixie-l < neonixie-l@googlegroups.com> wrote: > That's weird - we passed that

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: I had to have the 7777777777 tube!

2021-07-31 Thread 'Nick' via neonixie-l
That's weird - we passed that number in 2020 - was the tube made last year and if so, who made it? Nick On Tuesday, 13 July 2021 at 12:21:23 UTC+1 Bill Notfaded wrote: > It was the world population at the time it was made. > > Bill > > > On Mon, Jul 12, 2021, 8:03 PM Owen Crawford wrote: > >>

Re: [neonixie-l] Red Coated Tubes

2021-07-31 Thread 'Nick' via neonixie-l
Nope - it reduces the purple haze (!) around the cathodes due to the Hg doping, thus improving definition and legibility. On Wednesday, 28 July 2021 at 00:49:12 UTC+1 gregebert wrote: > I wonder if red-coated nixies were an attempt to entice manufacturers from > switching to 7-segment LEDs,