1971 Nixie in a catalog

martin martin

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Feb 2, 2020, 11:40:13 AM2/2/20

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http://www.alliedcatalogs.com/html/1971-710/hr104.html

Jeff Walton

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Feb 2, 2020, 12:36:49 PM2/2/20

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Check the prices! Would love a chance to go back and stock up...

Jeff

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http://www.alliedcatalogs.com/html/1971-710/hr104.html

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David Forbes

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Feb 2, 2020, 1:22:13 PM2/2/20

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Those prices were pretty high, considering the average wage of $3/hour then.

I'm surprised that they don't list the 8570 or similar tubes. Radio Shack and Lafayette sold those later in the 70s, after the bottom fell out of the Nixie tube market.

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J Forbes

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Feb 2, 2020, 2:07:57 PM2/2/20

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It sure would be nice to buy quality sockets for a dollar or less each!

On Sunday, February 2, 2020 at 11:22:13 AM UTC-7, nixiebunny wrote:

Those prices were pretty high, considering the average wage of $3/hour then.
I'm surprised that they don't list the 8570 or similar tubes. Radio Shack and Lafayette sold those later in the 70s, after the bottom fell out of the Nixie tube market.

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Check the prices! Would love a chance to go back and stock up...

Jeff

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http://www.alliedcatalogs.com/html/1971-710/hr104.html

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gregebert

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Feb 2, 2020, 2:46:55 PM2/2/20

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I'll take a dozen NL7037......

I do remember getting one of these catalogs from Radio Shack back in the 70's; pages and pages really neat stuff.

Robert G. Schaffrath

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Feb 10, 2020, 10:39:53 AM2/10/20

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On Sunday, February 2, 2020 at 2:46:55 PM UTC-5, gregebert wrote:

I'll take a dozen NL7037......

I do remember getting one of these catalogs from Radio Shack back in the 70's; pages and pages really neat stuff.

I had a catalog too from Radio Shack as they were also owned by Tandy. The prices from Allied even then were not the greatest. They were really aimed at businesses that could simply write off the cost as a business expense. The only thing I ever bought from Allied were some special Chicago Miniature light bulbs that I could not find anywhere else.

Looking at the price of the NL-8422, which is basically the same as an IN-12, that $15.75 was about a days pay at minimum wage. I would have had to deliver a lot of newspapers to afford just one. Of course even now I would spring for an NL-7037 if I could find one. Two inch character height - wow!

Ian Vine

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Feb 10, 2020, 1:18:10 PM2/10/20

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Tandy (in the UK) was my introduction into electronics. Also a lesson is correct part ordering.

I ordered the parts for a Babini nixie clock, late 70's. TTL; 7400, 7490, 7441 and nixie tubes, can't remember the type. What I didn't check was that nearly evetything was in packs of 2 or 3 and the prices were per part. Bill came to £30+. OK in todaya terms for nixies not much. In late 70's, earing $1.50 for my paper round, that was a real "oh shit" moment

Cheers

Ian

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