On Jul 19, 8:20 pm, AnubisTTP wrote:
> My belief that the display was made in Russia was based on the
> observations below as well as the linked image below showing an
> earlier, definitely Russian made version of this display.
>
> http://www.decadecounter.com/vta/pict14/udt3old.jpg
That looks li
A disclaimer; I took the photo on the decadecounter.com website, and
the example provided to us by Terry Kennedy had the same manufacturing
errors as everyone else has noted. At the time I wrote the entry on
the website linked above, I was not aware that any other examples of
this display had the
I second this suggestion. In my experience, the ebay "resolution center"
is awesome. It will get the immediate attention of a good seller that
hasn't gotten back to your attempts at contact.. and it will give you a
method for resolving issues with bad sellers. For example:
Recently, I purchase
On Jul 19, 6:45 am, "MrNixie (UK)"
wrote:
> You wouldn't really be able to pick this out from the ebay photos, but
> it is plain to see with a display in your hand, and with an eyeglass.
> The eBay listing is therefore incorrect when it states connectivity to
> some grids.
It may well be correct
Laurence, I hear your frustration and disappointment. I hope you get
satisfaction from the seller.
I have seen these displays and been tempted, so thanks for the warnings.
John S
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Thanks to everyone for their replies. Speaking as someone who DOES
know a thing or two about driving multiplexed nixie and VFD displays
(several hundred such clocks sold), I can now confirm that, if these
items are not exactly "duds", they are NOT capable of being driven in
a 7x9 addressable displa
If the pinout of the tubes is not as in the auction description and
the seller fails to answer your email start the 'Resolve a problem'
with ebay.
It should prompt the seller to take notice.
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On Jul 19, 12:53 am, jb-electronics
wrote:
> I am confused, I always received good quality from that seller in the
> past. Glad I did not buy any of these.
Same here - shipping has always been prompt (well, as prompt as
anything from that part of the world's post system is).
However, communicati
Hi,
Upon closer inspection of the photos, in the actual listing, It looks
like all the grids are tied together. If that's true, then these are
just expensive night lights. I asked him a question about 'dot matrix
addressing'. Lets see how he answers. If he answers. If he gives us a
load of bull,
On Jul 18, 5:52 pm, Terry Kennedy wrote:
> On Jul 18, 8:29 pm, threeneurons wrote:
>
> > Am I like stupid here !? I looked at the pinout from the eBay listing,
> > and assuming its correct, you should really have no problem running
> > this thing.
>
> The pinout is *NOT* correct. Many of the pi
On Jul 18, 8:29 pm, threeneurons wrote:
> Am I like stupid here !? I looked at the pinout from the eBay listing,
> and assuming its correct, you should really have no problem running
> this thing.
The pinout is *NOT* correct. Many of the pins are N/C, and there's a
bunch of stuff tied together in
| | I can't get them to run correctly.
| |
| | Anyone else had any experience?
|
| Yup. I don't know why they were intentionally built that way, but
| there is no control over the individual elements. The best you can
do
| is get one whole column to light up.
Am I like stupid here !? I looked a
On Jul 18, 3:44 pm, "MrNixie (UK)"
wrote:
> Hmm - I might have just made an expensive mistake (or just be unlucky
> so far).
>
> Has anyone bought any of the exquisite-looking huge 7 x 9 dot matrix
> display off ebay?
Yes, unfortunately.
> I can't get them to run correctly. On closer inspection,
http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=320728823558&ssPageName=STRK:MEWAX:IT#ht_5391wt_1154
I believe Laurence was referring to the items above. I've bought a few
things from Polivoks on Ebay before and they've always been good quality
items (back in the day when 99 bucks would buy you
| Has anyone bought any of the exquisite-looking huge
| 7 x 9 dot matrix display off ebay?
Got an eBay item number, or link, we can reference ?
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That's the next option. On VERY close inspection, I can now see that
not all of the leads into the device are connected! :(
On Jul 18, 8:54 pm, Nicholas Stock wrote:
> I've looked at these on eBay a few times and often considered buying a few
> for experimentation6 of them would make a reall
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