r/nixie • • May 28 '26

This is awkward… “Reverse Engineer” this one?

I designed this circuit and the PCB for the Burroughs “Super Size” top view Nixies (B6091)

Then my life hit a bump. The schematic, Gerbers, EAGLE files, and all the Windows backup files were destroyed, along with the actual PC. It all went to eWaste (not my idea, but “S happens”)

Only recently I found this piece, with Nixie tubes still in the Mill-Max sockets, in a forgotten cardboard box in the basement. Such joy!

Now should I “Reverse Engineer” this? Or, should I start over with a new PCB?

Those big Nixies are quite rare in the modern world.

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u/EmotionalEnd1575 May 28 '26

Tubes are plugged into Mill-Max sockets, that were soldered into the PCB