Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Burroughs B-7971 Price Study Update

2010-09-13 Thread Joe Croft
And after listening to several portions of his other songs/albums, 'The Apostrophe' is his best work and shows that he really has a good knack for telling stories. It's a shame that more of his music didn't turn out so well. -joe On Monday 13 September 2010 11:24:54 Nick wrote: > On Sep 13, 4:1

[neonixie-l] Re: Burroughs B-7971 Price Study Update

2010-09-13 Thread Nick
On Sep 13, 4:18 pm, "Jonathan Peakall" wrote: > > To quote Mr Frank Vincent Zappa this is, as I see it, 'the crux of  the > > biscuit'. > > No. If you know FZ, you know that the crux of the biscuit is the Apostrophe. > No neon involved. ...and the Apostrophe is? ...an album by FZ. So, it's a bit

[neonixie-l] Re: Burroughs B-7971 Price Study Update

2010-09-13 Thread GastonP
On Sep 12, 5:55 pm, Quixotic Nixotic wrote: > On 12 Sep 2010, at 19:55, micha...@aol.com wrote: > > Having sat here, finally getting a 16 digit panaplex-style   > alphanumeric display working (I should add here a huge thank you to   > Nicko for a fantastic lunch courtesy of the awesome Minnie an

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Burroughs B-7971 Price Study Update

2010-09-12 Thread Quixotic Nixotic
On 12 Sep 2010, at 19:55, micha...@aol.com wrote: What really sucks is not what I paid for the tubes, but that they are sitting in my garage waiting for a use. To quote Mr Frank Vincent Zappa this is, as I see it, 'the crux of the biscuit'. A tube is not worth the name unless its doing so

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Burroughs B-7971 Price Study Update

2010-09-12 Thread Michail1
I think you're right. Wonder how many side deals went on. What really sucks is not what I paid for the tubes, but that they are sitting in my garage waiting for a use. Like others have said, it simply means that I have more projects than time permits. Fortunately, I don't have more proje

[neonixie-l] Re: Burroughs B-7971 Price Study Update

2010-09-12 Thread steve.rip...@gmail.com
Michail: I few notes about the numbers, I believe I have captured almost all of the auctions during the period specified. Obviously the data is for auctions only and does not include any sales outside of ebay because they would be impossible to track. I did not add auctions that included other ite

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: Burroughs B-7971 Price Study Update

2010-09-11 Thread Michail1
Good luck actually getting 7971 for only $50. I think a few stats are missing. There was even a pair that went for $600. I was lucky to purchase 15 for $650 Aside of ebay. Later purchase another 11 at $600 shipped. I think I was lucky at those prices. Michail In a message dated 9/11

[neonixie-l] Re: Burroughs B-7971 Price Study Update

2010-09-11 Thread figureloop
On Sep 11, 9:13 am, "steve.rip...@gmail.com" wrote: > For those interested in Nixie pricing trivia I have been tracking the > ebay auction selling prices of the Burroughs B-7971 tubes since July > 2007 and occasionally posting updates.  I may have missed one or two, > but here is the latest summar