--- In NEONIXIE-L@..., "threeneurons" <threeneurons@...> wrote:
"figureloop" <crobc@> wrote:
I'm fascinated mainly by Nixies and CRTs, with VFDs in third.
... I seem to have recently gotten bitten by interest in
dekatrons.
I consider buying a handful of numitrons ... for the sake of
"completeness."
Good day!
Yes, getting into these ancient tubes tend to get you off into various tangents. To make you really spend more of your money, I see that you didn't mention magic eyes:
If you like CRTs and VFDs, then you're going to have to get a few of their magic eye cousins. Like nixies, dekatrons, VFDs, & numitrons, there are Russian versions available at fairly low cost. Or you can go crazy and try to get a 6T5, for a mere $500US, last I checked.
Thanks for the input.
I've been familiar with magic eyes for a long time. I acquired a capacitor tester with one as a kid, and sold it off a few years ago.
Compared to CRTs and numeric or alpha readouts, they just aren't useful enough.
But dekatrons are really looking interesting, and potentially useful as a 1/10 second spinner for a Nixie clock.
