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

[Richard W. Solomon]

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.
>
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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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>
>
>-- 
>Phil.
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>http://www.philpem.me.uk/
>
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