Re: [neonixie-l] Re: OT: Do any "long-life" magic eye tubes exist ?

2015-03-12 Thread Instrument Resources of America
You MAY be able to obtain a one inch CRT and drive the deflection plates with appropriate signals and 'simulate' and eye tube. Ira. On 3/12/2015 11:13 AM, Dekatron42 wrote: I spoke to a vacuum tube designer a few months ago, well into his nineties now, who told me the same thing. He told me

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: OT: Do any "long-life" magic eye tubes exist ?

2015-03-12 Thread gregebert
> > >You MAY be able to obtain a one inch CRT and drive the deflection plates > with appropriate signals and 'simulate' and eye tube. Ira. > Interesting idea, but it would probably make the clock-case too deep to accommodate the CRT. Even the 6E5 I was hoping to use was pushing the limit. --

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: OT: Do any "long-life" magic eye tubes exist ?

2015-03-12 Thread David Forbes
On 3/12/2015 11:25 AM, Instrument Resources of America wrote: You MAY be able to obtain a one inch CRT and drive the deflection plates with appropriate signals and 'simulate' and eye tube. Ira. I have a bunch of 7/8" 1DP1 and 1-1/4" 1EP1 CRTs if you need some. Also transformers to power them

RE: [neonixie-l] Re: OT: Do any "long-life" magic eye tubes exist ?

2015-03-12 Thread Tidak Ada
David Forbes Sent: donderdag 12 maart 2015 20:13 To: neonixie-l@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [neonixie-l] Re: OT: Do any "long-life" magic eye tubes exist ? On 3/12/2015 11:25 AM, Instrument Resources of America wrote: > You MAY be able to obtain a one inch CRT and drive the deflect

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: OT: Do any "long-life" magic eye tubes exist ?

2015-03-12 Thread gregebert
Thanks everyone for the responses. I purchased two 6AF6G tubes, and because of the way my big clock was designed, I believe I can get fine-grained control of the magic-eye tube from my NMOS drivers without changing the PCB (just a few component and cabling changes). I will attempt to make a rep

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: OT: Do any "long-life" magic eye tubes exist ?

2015-03-13 Thread JohnK
How about the very miniature display tubes in [old] vid cam eyepieces then? John K Australia - Original Message - From: gregebert To: neonixie-l@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, March 13, 2015 5:12 AM Subject: Re: [neonixie-l] Re: OT: Do any "long-life" magic eye t

RE: [neonixie-l] Re: OT: Do any "long-life" magic eye tubes exist ?

2015-03-13 Thread Tidak Ada
15 8:20 To: neonixie-l@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [neonixie-l] Re: OT: Do any "long-life" magic eye tubes exist ? How about the very miniature display tubes in [old] vid cam eyepieces then? John K Australia - Original Message - From: gregebert <mailto:gregeb...@hotmai

Re: [neonixie-l] Re: OT: Do any "long-life" magic eye tubes exist ?

2015-03-14 Thread Instrument Resources of America
The CRT's I had in mind are all actually shorter than the 6E5 eye tube,Ira. On 3/12/2015 11:42 AM, gregebert wrote: >You MAY be able to obtain a one inch CRT and drive the deflection plates with appropriate signals and 'simulate' and eye tube. Ira. Interesting idea, but it wou