OT: nixie tubes

[The Natural Philosopher]

Wrong, as usual.

[Brian Gaff]

Is he unable to move with the times and use more appropriate technology for his digits?

I remember when you could go to Soho and pick up great big racks of equipment from surplus stores that seemed to be full of Nixie tubes and other glass enveloped devices. Brian

[Brian Gaff]

Used to be the case, not so much now. mostly computer scrap. Brian

[Steve]

Brian Gaff was thinking very hard :

Nostalgia Brian, worth lots of money and almost everyone is nostalgic for things from their past. Plus, there's a whole new audience for Nixies now.

[Mike Tomlinson]

En el artículo , Steve escribió:

Quite tempted by this kit.

[Mike Tomlinson]

En el artículo , The Natural Philosopher escribió:

Corrected in another post immediately after.

I admit my mistakes, unlike you, Mr Swivel-Eyed Loony.

[The Natural Philosopher]

Wrong, as usual.

[Bob Eager]

More to the point, see this (I'm in the CCS):

[Tim+]

Having watched the video now, that seems kinda cheap.

Tim

[Caecilius]

LED lighting under valves or nixies looks wrong to me.

[The Natural Philosopher]

You should see my Marshall amp. Neon mains all tubes except for some LEDS and transistors as switches and indicators!

[Mike Tomlinson]

En el artículo , bm escribió:

That's ok, I'll make my own like the guy in the vid. Er... Maybe. :)

I can't decide whether the LED uplighting below the tubes is cool or tacky.

[Tim Watts]

Tacky.

If you want uplighting, you should use a a gas discharge lamp, my in a nice VFD style blue/green?