Scott Stevens wrote:
>On Mon, 7 Feb 2005 12:51:59 -0800 (PST)
>Tom Jennings <tomj_at_wps.com> wrote:
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>>I have the prototype. Maximum nerd cool. High voltage!
>>Microprocessors! 50-year-old display tech! Wearable!
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>>http://www.nixiewatch.com
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>It's cool and all, but the article says the Nixie tubes were stripped
>from an H-P DVM. I'm an old test-gear collector, and I'd hate for this
>kind of thing to kick off a frenzy of people making 'novelty' items by
>destroying old test equipment.
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Well in most cases the test equipment is broken or very outdated.
>Are there Nixie tubes still in production? If so, cool and
>all-power-to-it. If not, let's be cautious in our enthusiasm. This is
>a 'core-plane wall-hanging' type thing for some of us.
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I think Nixe tubes stopped production with the advent of LCD's.
While you can get old test gear with nixie's (
http://www.sphere.bc.ca/test/nixies.html#catalog )
most of their stock seems to come from what was the USSR.
Get them while you can.
Ben alias woodelf
Received on Mon Feb 07 2005 - 21:12:36 GMT