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

[Philip Pemberton]

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.

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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

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