Re: [neonixie-l] The answer is a lemon

2015-03-08 Thread Instrument Resources of America
That must have been a lot of fun. I would have enjoyed doing that myself. Ira. On 3/8/2015 10:12 AM, 'Ian Vine' via neonixie-l wrote: In the late 70s as a ten year old, I spent a while drilling a spiral of holes into a12" vinyl album. I have no idea where the plans came from but the idea wa

Re: [neonixie-l] The answer is a lemon

2015-03-08 Thread 'Ian Vine' via neonixie-l
In the late 70s as a ten year old, I spent a while drilling a spiral of holes into a12" vinyl album. I have no idea where the plans came from but the idea was to have one side the camera and the other side the output ie at 180 degrees. Did the drilling, got the meccano motor drive working got so

Re: [neonixie-l] The answer is a lemon

2015-03-08 Thread Instrument Resources of America
It was easy, but became slightly more complicated when the 'video' from the P.E. cell was transmitted via 'radio' to a receiver at a remote point. At that time the two rotating discs were no longer on the 'same mechanical rotating shaft' but still had be held in sync with each other, therefore

Re: [neonixie-l] The answer is a lemon

2015-03-08 Thread JohnK
te it. John K Australia [PS. Used bicycle rear sprockets ground down for the synch mechanism] - Original Message - From: Quixotic Nixotic To: neonixie-l@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2015 10:47 PM Subject: Re: [neonixie-l] The answer is a lemon Looks so easy,

Re: [neonixie-l] The answer is a lemon

2015-03-08 Thread Quixotic Nixotic
Looks so easy, John S -- 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 neonixie-

Re: [neonixie-l] The answer is a lemon

2015-03-08 Thread Quixotic Nixotic
On 8 Mar 2015, at 11:27, Tidak Ada wrote: > Never heard about the neon lamps used in early mechanical television? The > neon lamp (Neontron®) was used as a light source behind the Nipkow disc. No, never. Is it this thing, or is this mercury vapour? John S -- You received this message becau

Re: [neonixie-l] The answer is a lemon

2015-03-08 Thread Dieter Waechter
Look also here: http://www.nbtv.wyenet.co.uk/conv04.htm Dieter - Original Message - From: Tidak Ada To: neonixie-l@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, March 08, 2015 12:27 PM Subject: RE: [neonixie-l] The answer is a lemon Never heard about the neon lamps used in early

[neonixie-l] The answer is a lemon

2015-03-08 Thread Quixotic Nixotic
Looking through the Television Journal of November 1934, I came across this advertisement. 'May be used in place of any existing Neon Lamp without alteration' caught my eye. I guess that is in the context of a 1934 telly. John S -- You received this message because you are subscribed to th