Here's a link to some history. http://www.ieee-uffc.org/main/history.asp?file=atomichron
73, Dick, W1KSZ -----Original Message----- >From: Philip Pemberton <[email protected]> >Sent: Dec 13, 2009 4:27 PM >To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement <[email protected]> >Subject: [time-nuts] Fwd: rare stuff available (National Company NC-1001 >Atomichron) > >Spotted this on another mailing list -- thought someone might be >interested in the Atomichron... > >Replies to the OP, please -- his name is Dave McGuire, email mcguire AT >neurotica DOT com. > >---- begin snip > >Subject: rare stuff available > That's "really rare", not "eBay rare". My employer was supposed to >get its funding last week and give me a huge cash bonus for putting up >with month-to-month "survival wages" for the past year, but instead, >they've hit a legal snag and now they can't make payroll. I've gone >from merrily making up shopping lists to abject financial terror over >the course of a day. With my emergency cash buffer long since gone (see >"survival wages" above), I am in serious short-term trouble. > > So it is with a heavy heart that I must consider parting with a few >things that are dear and precious to me. Two things in particular are >items that might bring in enough money to help my immediate situation. > > First, I have a set of original DEC OS/8 TU56 distribution tapes. I >emphasize, these are *original*, nearly pristine, DEC-labeled >distribution tapes. I've had these for nearly thirty years. 'Nuff said. > > Second, I have an Atomichron. Yes, a real one, a National Company >model NC-1001. One of the very few left in existence. If you don't >know what this is, you probably won't be interested, but in a nutshell >it's the first commercially-produced atomic resonance frequency standard >("atomic clock"), built in 1956. As far as I've found in my research >there are three of these left of the approximately fifty that were built >between 1956 and 1960. I've written a short research paper describing >this instrument and its history, including photos; I can provide copies >of it upon request. > > I'm open to negotiation on pricing, but neither will go cheaply. If >there's someone here who is interested in either of these fairly rare >items, please contact me ASAP. I'm planning to put one or both of them >on eBay within the next day or so. > > -Dave >Dave McGuire >Port Charlotte, FL > >---- end snip > > >-- >Phil. >[email protected] >http://www.philpem.me.uk/ > >_______________________________________________ >time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] >To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts >and follow the instructions there. _______________________________________________ time-nuts mailing list -- [email protected] To unsubscribe, go to https://www.febo.com/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/time-nuts and follow the instructions there.
