[neonixie-l] Re: where to buy Z5660M and/or ZM1042

2012-01-30 Thread Dutchgray
There is a pair of Z5660M on Ebay right now with less than one day to go and no bids with a $59.99 start price, they are rare but can be found if you want to hunt them down. I bought 6 Z566M last year for a little under £100 and could have bought 6 NOS ones for £150 if I had had the money when they

[neonixie-l] Re: where to buy Z5660M and/or ZM1042

2012-01-30 Thread Joseph Bento
On Jan 30, 12:13 pm, Nicholas Stock wrote: > There are some Z566M's on eBay at the moment. but expect to pay at least > 200 US dollars for six of themnothing nixie is cheap these days except > perhaps IN-12 tubes > > Nick Fortunately, the IN-12 is a nice tube, and its sockets are also

[neonixie-l] Re: where to buy Z5660M and/or ZM1042

2012-01-30 Thread kay486
Id probably came if they still used nixies for clocks at train stations. Just having to wait for a late train while watching the huge glowing numerals would be so satisfying :D On Jan 30, 8:18 pm, Nicholas Stock wrote: > Good question...I'm not the wrong side of 40 yet, so they were around > befo

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: where to buy Z5660M and/or ZM1042

2012-01-30 Thread Nicholas Stock
Good question...I'm not the wrong side of 40 yet, so they were around before my time..;-) I've heard people say the bigger tubes were used for things like Railway clocks or industrial scales and things like that, but I've never seen photos of them 'in action' as it were...anybody on the list have a

[neonixie-l] Re: where to buy Z5660M and/or ZM1042

2012-01-30 Thread kay486
Whoah, didnt know that, now i feel bit retarded for naming such a lower price. I must have messed it up with something else. Do you know where they were actually used? On Jan 30, 7:36 pm, jb-electronics wrote: > Z568(0)M tubes go for as much as $400 now. Happened a couple of > weeks ago on Eb

[neonixie-l] Re: where to buy Z5660M and/or ZM1042

2012-01-30 Thread kay486
Whoah, didnt know that, now i feel bit retarded for naming such a lower price On Jan 30, 7:36 pm, jb-electronics wrote: > Z568(0)M tubes go for as much as $400 now. Happened a couple of > weeks ago on Ebay. Quite insane. The usual street price is $150..$200 I > would say. > > Jens > > > > > >

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: where to buy Z5660M and/or ZM1042

2012-01-30 Thread Nicholas Stock
I bought the Z568's many years ago for about 50 dollars each...even then I thought that was expensive!! I've seen far more Z566's than their clear counterparts on eBay, but they tend to fetch the same price... Nick Sent from my iPhone On Jan 30, 2012, at 11:36, jb-electronics wrote: > Z568(

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: where to buy Z5660M and/or ZM1042

2012-01-30 Thread jb-electronics
Z568(0)M tubes go for as much as $400 now. Happened a couple of weeks ago on Ebay. Quite insane. The usual street price is $150..$200 I would say. Jens How much you paid for them? They are absolutely beast, the thing is that i cant afford those, even if i could find some. I think they are

[neonixie-l] Re: where to buy Z5660M and/or ZM1042

2012-01-30 Thread kay486
How much you paid for them? They are absolutely beast, the thing is that i cant afford those, even if i could find some. I think they are like $50 each now, correct me if im wrong. Thats the thing, i have the Z566M. Id really like to find the Z5660M do you know if the clear tubes usualy sell for m