By the way I see the original thread is that someone has one. This thing is huge. A rack plus. Can't imagine the weight. Crazier still you have to wonder if it might work. Even though the vacuum is most likely a huge issue. Still belongs some place.
On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 5:11 PM, paul swed <[email protected]> wrote: > good read thanks > > > On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 4:51 PM, Richard W. Solomon > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> 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. >> > > _______________________________________________ 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.
