1 Jan
2003
1 Jan
'03
9:30 a.m.
Toth,
At 10:51 PM 12/31/02 -0600, you wrote:
On Tue, 31 Dec 2002, Joe wrote:
Are they? I think mine are about 25 years old. FWIW I went looking for some at a large
local surplus store and found one that I think is prototype. It's built out of clear
material instead of red and is marked TIXL306 and is date coded 7204 (almost 31 years
old!). I went through several boxs and THOUSANDs of displays and only found one standard
306 and the one prototype.
How many of these displays are you looking for? I
Does anyone know of another display that can be
substituted for the TIL
306/307? Here is a data sheet for the 306/307 in case you have a
question about it, <www.alltronics.com/download/TIL306.pdf>.
I don't know of an exact replacement offhand, but I thought these were
still in production? believe I still have a few in my parts bin...
In addition to the one that I found in the store I need three of them. Mine were in
sockets and the dissimilar metal corrosion has eaten off at least one leg off of each of
mine.
Joe
-Toth
1 Jan
1 Jan
9:52 a.m.
On Wed, 1 Jan 2003, Joe wrote:
At 10:51 PM 12/31/02 -0600, you wrote:
Oops, I have TIL311s, not the 306. I was thinking that the 311s were still
in production. I guess the 311 with a built-in BCD controller must still
be useful in current products.
I'll make a note to check a couple of my local surplus dealers over the
next few weeks. If I find any TIL306 displays, I'll pick them up. Should I
also hunt for any 307s?
If all else fails, would it be possible to salvage your displays? I've
carefully ground back ceramic and plastic on other dip components to
attach replacement leads in the past, but it isn't a fun task...
-Toth
On Tue, 31 Dec 2002, Joe wrote:
Are they? I think mine are about 25 years old. FWIW I went looking for
some at a large local surplus store and found one that I think is
prototype. It's built out of clear material instead of red and is marked
TIXL306 and is date coded 7204 (almost 31 years old!). I went through
several boxs and THOUSANDs of displays and only found one standard 306
and the one prototype.
Does anyone know of another display that can be
substituted for the
TIL 306/307? Here is a data sheet for the 306/307 in case you have a
question about it, <www.alltronics.com/download/TIL306.pdf>.
I don't know of an exact replacement offhand, but I thought these were
still in production? How many of these displays are you looking for? I
believe I still have
a few in my parts bin...
In addition to the one that I found in the store I need three of them.
Mine were in sockets and the dissimilar metal corrosion has eaten off at
least one leg off of each of mine. 
2:21 p.m.
--- Tothwolf <tothwolf(a)concentric.net> wrote:
Oops, I have TIL311s, not the 306. I was thinking that
the 311s were
still in production.
That's what I have, too. Mine are in my Quest Elf. ISTR that the 311s
aren't impossible to find, but they are several dollars apiece when you
do.
-ethan
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7:51 p.m.
Tothwolf wrote:
Oops, I have TIL311s, not the 306. I was thinking that
the 311s were
still in production. I guess the 311 with a built-in BCD controller
must still be useful in current products.
That and the TIL311 is an almost
like-for-like copy of the HP displays used
in the COSMAC Elf (anyone remember that article in Popular Electronics
magazine?). I built a COSMAC Elf with TIL311 displays. There's a photo of it
on www.cosmacelf.com.
I also bought two of them at a hamfest as spares and now I wish I'd bought
ten of them! I've found loads of places where I could have used TIL311s...
Does anyone here have any '311s they want rid of? Or perhaps someone knows
of a surplus store that still sells them? I've also got some TI TIL311s
marked as "DIS1417 TI 0014 KOREA". Just to let you know what to look out for
:)
I'll make a note to check a couple of my local
surplus dealers over
the next few weeks. If I find any TIL306 displays, I'll pick them up.
Should I also hunt for any 307s?
If you or anyone else here could track down a few
TIL311s for me and give me
some idea of price, that would be great.
Thanks.
--
Phil.
philpem(a)dsl.pipex.com
http://www.philpem.dsl.pipex.com/
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