They were also called Dekatron, See the tubecollector site. I doubt they are still available any more. OTOH, there are plenty of things like 12AX7s out there, as long as you don't need the "golden ear" brands.
-John =============== > Only need one tube for a ring counter - the trochotron (q.v.). > Just happen to have a military counter based on them, nixie display, > > Bill Hawkins > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On > Behalf Of J. Forster > Sent: Saturday, January 09, 2010 4:49 PM > To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement > Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Digital Clock kit - no Integrated circuits! > > How about using ring counters? No decoder/drivers needed. A tube ring > counter, driving a Nixie directly. > > -John > > > > _______________________________________________ > time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] > To unsubscribe, go to > https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts > and follow the instructions there. > > _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
