Nixie porn

[artg...@gmail.com]

Fran got some nixies ..

https://youtu.be/Mi18Fw5R9Oo?t=852

[blkadder]

I am truly floored.  Someone out there must have a gigantic horde of 7971 tubes to send someone 14 of these giants.  Well, I am subscribed to the channel now.  I am looking forward to see what Fran comes up with  for this amazing collection of tubes.  I wonder if the anonymous sender is in this group?

[Adrian Godwin]

The way I understood it, it was their whole stash of them. They wanted to get Fran to do something cool with them rather than keep them in their cupboard. An attitude I can well understand as my piles of coolstuff grow ever bigger (no, I don't have any giant Nixies :) 

Fran has a big interest in old display technologies. You'll see some sweet stuff in her youtube catalog.

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[Nick Andrews]

Standing by for Adrian's "free to a loving home" listing of surplus cool stuff...

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[Adrian Godwin]

Hah. You have to have very specialised interests. I often think nobody will know what do with my stuff but I just offered a old HP floppy/hard drive (that I'd been sitting on long after the HP85 computer had gone) to the VintHP group and I was amazed to find they nearly bit my arm off for it.

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[Mac Doktor]

On Apr 20, 2021, at 1:08 PM, Nick Andrews <nickja...@gmail.com> wrote:

Standing by for Adrian's "free to a loving home" listing of surplus cool stuff...

I have a tiny black hole in my basement that constantly needs filling. So far it has resisted almost all attempts to remove a few Plank constants.

On Apr 20, 2021, at 3:13 PM, Adrian Godwin <artg...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hah. You have to have very specialised interests. I often think nobody will know what do with my stuff but I just offered a old HP floppy/hard drive (that I'd been sitting on long after the HP85 computer had gone) to the VintHP group and I was amazed to find they nearly bit my arm off for it.

I have a large analog plotter that goes with an old HP "calculator". Unlike most of my collection I'd be willing to part with for a reasonable sum of money. I've never gotten around to putting it on eBay because I don't know what constitutes "reasonable". For all practical purposes it's literally a museum piece just like the calculator.

I'm open to offers or at least appraisals. I can't just give it away to a non-profit organization because

A. I don't pay taxes and can't use it as a tax deduction;

B. The quite large PC board is heavily gold-plated including the component leads. As scrap it's probably worth a tidy sum.

C. It appears to be fully functional. The servos slew properly over the entire work area, the electrostatic paper "holder" works, and the pen goes up and down.

Hamfest? Sidewalk? Hmm...

Definitely hamfest freebie. It's that common as dirt HP plotter with a pen carousel that I picked up off the sidewalk. I'll let that one go cheap. Probably in working condition as the old computer and floppy disks were sitting there as well.

Terry Bowman, KA4HJH
"The Mac Doctor"

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[tntmod54321]

What a lucker

On Tue, Apr 20, 2021, 8:42 AM artg...@googlemail.com <artg...@gmail.com> wrote:

Fran got some nixies ..

https://youtu.be/Mi18Fw5R9Oo?t=852

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[Nick Andrews]

Don't laugh, but I recently threw out a pile of 486 stuff, mobos, proc, even PIII, etc.  And a couple of 8086!  I recently bought a usb floppy drive because my HP hybrid scope has one in it for storing traces and such and also to upgrade firmware, etc.  I actually started an inventory of my radiation and lab gear, with permanent ID labels, S/N, etc.  Intended to add a picture in a spreadsheet so when I croak, someone could recognize the value in portable gamma spectrometers and such and not toss them.  Maybe not worth $20k new price, but still...  Lotsa Ludlum gear, Amptek Si-pin spectrometer too, around $8k new for just that one (not to me, of course).  A small sampling:  lasers (HeNe, Ar-ion, ruby, YAG, diode, dye), metal lathe, vertical mill, metal shaper, nuke gear incl 8 full NIM crates and another 100 or so modules, woodworking, metal working, welding, auto stuff, water gardening (water lilies, lotus, all sorts of bog plants, fertilizers, etc), photography (yes, wet B&W darkroom with lifetime supply of chemicals and 3000'+/- 35mm films, Graphic View 4x5), guns/shooting/reloading/gunsmithing, chemistry, rockets, pyrotechnics, hunting, gardening, motorcycles, 4x4s, general construction and repair, arcade games (yes the real ones, only 5 cabinets though but also Atari 2600 and Colecovision and a few old Zenith TVs for spare CRTs for the monitors), maps, books, books, and more books...

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[Nick Andrews]

Terry, I KNOW we are cousins somehow...

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On Apr 20, 2021, at 4:33 PM, Nick Andrews <nickja...@gmail.com> wrote:

I actually started an inventory of my radiation and lab gear, with permanent ID labels, S/N, etc.  Intended to add a picture in a spreadsheet so when I croak, someone could recognize the value in portable gamma spectrometers and such and not toss them. 

The same thing crossed my mind. That's as far as it will probably get. Much more pressing is the need to dub off piles of cassette tapes (many in Dolby-C), four different kinds of camcorder tapes, Thousands of 35mm slides (I have a 5000DPI scanner and a couple of carousels ready to go for that project), a few LPs that were never released on CD...and I need to rip my entire CD collection to lossless before any more tracks become unplayable.

AUUGGGHHH

lasers (HeNe, Ar-ion, ruby, YAG, diode, dye)

Dibbs. I have lots of HeNe tubes and power supplies, including several 544nm green tubes and my treasured 594nm yellow (actually slightly amber). All I'm missing is a 612nm orange. I've been watching eBay for over a decade and I've seen a grand total of two plus a multiline that may be up right now (if you have to ask...)

nuke gear incl 8 full NIM crates and another 100 or so modules

I'll take the decimal display scalers as long I can also get a cage, power supply and enough info to power the thing up and watch the lights blink. I know it's asking for the moon but some way to use them as generic-purpose counters clocked and reset with TTL signal would be the cherry on top.

I've seen two scalar modules with that display on eBay. I own one model and have the service manual for the other. Unfortunately, the counter+display itself appears to be a self-contained sub-module and the manual only goes over the basics of interfacing it with the rest of the device. The internals are given cursory overview sufficient to be a maddening tease. If anyone has the docs for THAT I'm all ears.

I don't own a movie prop agency, I just need more stuff for my Halloween display. I have plenty of the "regular" spooky stuff but I'm really into the mad scientist look. That's why I need to know to hook up some of those MTX-90 keypads.

arcade games (yes the real ones, only 5 cabinets though

Sadly, I had to unload all that some time ago. My beloved Atari Tempest is still out in the shed but paid for. It has the original, very rare marquee that's the same cartoonish style as the cabinet. All later production switched a marquee with artwork that looked airbrushed. It also has a set of boards that are geometrically perfect. No pincushioning.

I also have a set of EPROMs that have "holes" (the term only appears in the service manual) redrawn into different shapes. Some of them are NSFW.

Having said all that you can probably spiff yours up with information online but when I bought it for $65 thrity-three years ago this was a big deal.

but also Atari 2600 and Colecovision and a few old Zenith TVs for spare CRTs for the monitors), maps, books, books, and more books...

Yep, yep, yep. The only console video game I ever owned is a real oddball, Atari Breakout. It's 100% just like the actual arcade game plus some other modes. I say "is" because I still have it in the original box with all parts and documents. I have no idea if it still works but the pot and switches need to be replaced.

Sadly, I had to throw away a big pile of computer and electronic magazines because they were badly water damaged. Among other things I had the full run of SoftTalk magazine, which was THE Apple ][ magazine for a while. It was worth at least a few bucks but the sentimental value was much greater.

I have a well illustrated tube-era Electronics For Beginners book where all of the illustrations have cartoon electrons (with arms and legs like an electric company mascot) literally running around schematics that were drawn in orthogonal perspective and, IIRC, 3D extruded. I only mention this book because out of everything I scarfed up at hamfests it's one my hamfest/arcade game buddy is the most envious of. 8D

On Apr 20, 2021, at 4:35 PM, Nick Andrews <nickja...@gmail.com> wrote:

Terry, I KNOW we are cousins somehow...

We need to remember each other in our wills. As for my buddy, he has way more cool stuff than me. I almost traded him that book for one of those analog memory CRTs (he has several MIB). Fortunately I didn't because another friend gave me one a few years back. And a 7971 several years before that.

Terry Bowman, KA4HJH
"The Mac Doctor"

"I've seen things you people wouldn't believe: attack ships on fire off the shoulder of Orion... beams...in the dark in the Tannhauser Gate. All those moments will be lost in time...like tears in the rain." — Roy Batty, Blade Runner

[Adrian Godwin]

On Wed, Apr 21, 2021 at 12:19 AM Mac Doktor <themac...@gmail.com> wrote:

Yep, yep, yep. The only console video game I ever owned is a real oddball, Atari Breakout. It's 100% just like the actual arcade game plus some other modes. I say "is" because I still have it in the original box with all parts and documents. I have no idea if it still works but the pot and switches need to be replaced.

I have a few pinball machines. All with panaplex - style or plasma matrix displays except one - that's got electromechanical score displays.

I have a well illustrated tube-era Electronics For Beginners book where all of the illustrations have cartoon electrons (with arms and legs like an electric company mascot) literally running around schematics that were drawn in orthogonal perspective and, IIRC, 3D extruded. I only mention this book because out of everything I scarfed up at hamfests it's one my hamfest/arcade game buddy is the most envious of. 8D

Didn't Tektronix have some cartoons like that in their service manuals ?

[John Rehwinkel]

>> I actually started an inventory of my radiation and lab gear, with permanent ID labels, S/N, etc. Intended to add a picture in a spreadsheet so when I croak, someone could recognize the value in portable gamma spectrometers and such and not toss them.
>
> The same thing crossed my mind. That's as far as it will probably get. Much more pressing is the need to dub off piles of cassette tapes (many in Dolby-C), four different kinds of camcorder tapes, Thousands of 35mm slides (I have a 5000DPI scanner and a couple of carousels ready to go for that project), a few LPs that were never released on CD...and I need to rip my entire CD collection to lossless before any more tracks become unplayable.

I've scanned several carousels. Still have some LPs like that too. And (of course) laserdiscs of films that won't be released on DVD.

>> lasers (HeNe, Ar-ion, ruby, YAG, diode, dye)
>
> Dibbs. I have lots of HeNe tubes and power supplies, including several 544nm green tubes and my treasured 594nm yellow (actually slightly amber). All I'm missing is a 612nm orange. I've been watching eBay for over a decade and I've seen a grand total of two plus a multiline that may be up right now (if you have to ask...)

I have a ruby rod, but not a working laser yet. The usual assortment of HeNes (including yellow and orange and a tunable I need to repair), as well as some argon, krypton, and a helium cadmium for variety.

>> nuke gear incl 8 full NIM crates and another 100 or so modules
>
> I'll take the decimal display scalers as long I can also get a cage, power supply and enough info to power the thing up and watch the lights blink. I know it's asking for the moon but some way to use them as generic-purpose counters clocked and reset with TTL signal would be the cherry on top.
>
> I've seen two scalar modules with that display on eBay. I own one model and have the service manual for the other. Unfortunately, the counter+display itself appears to be a self-contained sub-module and the manual only goes over the basics of interfacing it with the rest of the device. The internals are given cursory overview sufficient to be a maddening tease. If anyone has the docs for THAT I'm all ears.

I used to work with CAMAC and NIM stuff, I think all I have left at this point is a power supply. I do have a dekatron prescaler that's available.

> I don't own a movie prop agency, I just need more stuff for my Halloween display. I have plenty of the "regular" spooky stuff but I'm really into the mad scientist look. That's why I need to know to hook up some of those MTX-90 keypads.

I have built a few replica movie props, and helped out on local productions. It's Halloween all year at my house.

>> arcade games (yes the real ones, only 5 cabinets though
>
> Sadly, I had to unload all that some time ago. My beloved Atari Tempest is still out in the shed but paid for. It has the original, very rare marquee that's the same cartoonish style as the cabinet. All later production switched a marquee with artwork that looked airbrushed. It also has a set of boards that are geometrically perfect. No pincushioning.

I've gotten rid of all my arcade video games, but still have a couple of pinballs (both need work).

>> but also Atari 2600 and Colecovision and a few old Zenith TVs for spare CRTs for the monitors), maps, books, books, and more books...
>
> Yep, yep, yep. The only console video game I ever owned is a real oddball, Atari Breakout. It's 100% just like the actual arcade game plus some other modes. I say "is" because I still have it in the original box with all parts and documents. I have no idea if it still works but the pot and switches need to be replaced.

A few old game systems (need to fix the Vectrex).

> We need to remember each other in our wills. As for my buddy, he has way more cool stuff than me. I almost traded him that book for one of those analog memory CRTs (he has several MIB).

Which ones? Like a Williams tube, or a storage tube, or one of the Charactrons?

- John Rehwinkel

[Nick Andrews]

Alas,  but I only have red HeNe...  Forgot the Kimmon HeCd though!  It doesn't fire,  but I haven't tried hooking it up to a proper 240 outlet yet vs a transformer,  or trying a violet ray to help ionize the tube. I was able to get a response from a guy at Kimmon who said that model is the one most likely to still lase.  They were used in silicon wafer machines.  When it's powered up,  the starter arcs every few seconds.   The first time I tried it,  it pulled white in the plasma tube a little.   Not sure if the He pressure is too high. 

Arcade cabinets are original Crystal Castles and Subroc 3D.  Have Boom'r Rang'r conversion board kit in a vertical monitor Data East cabinet and a Tetris board in a convertible cabinet that might have been a Heavy Barrel originally,  and a 1982(?) DigDug cabaret cabinet with a 60in1 board (harness adapted to JAMMA std). 

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On 21/04/2021 00:31, Adrian Godwin wrote:

On Wed, Apr 21, 2021 at 12:19 AM Mac Doktor <themac...@gmail.com> wrote:

I have a few pinball machines. All with panaplex - style or plasma matrix displays except one - that's got electromechanical score displays.

---snip snippety snip---

…I once bought a crateful of Bally 6 and 7 digit pinball displays. There was a second crate which ended up with someone else and I bought that too, about a year later. This also had some Williams and a Zaccaria display in it. A lot of the displays were junk, but I fixed up many of the circuit boards and matched them to good displays.

The 6 digit displays were made in at least five different versions and companies.



I have been quietly giving away clocks based on them for some years. I did sell a few, including one to Fanny Sunesson, Nick Faldo's caddy, but she is rich enough as she gets a good slice of each win. Fanny is a keen pinball machine collector.

Good ones:



Box o' Junk:



John S