[time-nuts] Fwd: rare stuff available (National Company NC-1001 Atomichron)

[paul swed]

good read thanks

On Sun, Dec 13, 2009 at 4:51 PM, Richard W. Solomon <w1ksz at earthlink.net>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 <lists at philpem.me.uk>
> >Sent: Dec 13, 2009 4:27 PM
> >To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement <
> time-nuts at febo.com>
> >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.
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> >http://www.philpem.me.uk/
> >
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