Anyone who loves their Nixie Tubes will instantly recognise this as a very desirable little tube. Known as the Pandicon it dates to around 1969 and was jointly developed by Philips and Mullard for use with high order electronic machines such as calculators.
While most Nixie Tubes can illuminate a single number only, the Pandicon cleverly allows a whole series of numbers into this single small tube naturally helping shrink the size of the product. Usually found with between 8-14 number places, this example has 14 and is a very early development sample. According to what collectors say on the web, a decent quantity of these zm1200 development tubes were reputedly produced and given out for testing by both Mullard and Philips before official production commenced. Naturally most would have been discarded at the time.
This example is offered as found and untested but looks to be in cosmetically good shape. A few of the metal pins on each end will need straightening out again and a bit of corrosion cleaned off. It bears the original Development Sample sticker, is individually numbered ‘1040’ and has the Mullard zm1200 name printed on the glass in white
Dimensions: 18cm long x 2.8cm diameter.
Nixie tubes have become extremely popular again over the last few years as more and more people use them to create fun and eye catching clock displays. This one could be incorporated into your own design or just displayed as a fascinating tech component.
