What's the rarest or most unusual computer-related item do you own?

drlegendre . drlegendre at gmail.com
Tue Jan 10 21:40:37 CST 2017


Off the top of my head, here's a whimsical little oddball - the
Passez-Sonna Floppy Clock:

http://www.worthpoint.com/worthopedia/modern-floppy-disc-clock-passez-sonna-430407608

Mine has a red, white & blue 'stars & stripes' (US flag) motif printed on
it, but is otherwise identical. It's the only one of its type I have ever
seen..

On Tue, Jan 10, 2017 at 8:47 PM, Chris Elmquist <chrise at pobox.com> wrote:

> On January 10, 2017 5:29:00 PM CST, Chuck Guzis <cclist at sydex.com> wrote:
> >On 01/10/2017 02:09 PM, Andy Cloud wrote:
> >> Hi Everyone!
> >>
> >> I thought this would be an interesting question to ask around -
> >> What's the rarest or most unusual computer-related item do you own?
> >>
> >> For me, personally, I have a Altair 8800!
> >>
> >> Looking forward to hearing your answers
> >
> >That's a tough one.  A 1401 core plane?   Some CDC 6000 "cordwood"
> >modules?  Two Durango F85s, complete with 14" Shugart hard drive?
> >
> >Got a couple of boards that I don't even know the provenance of.
> >
> >PSU diodes and heatsink from a STAR 1B?
> >
> >Lotsa junk.
> >
> >--Chuck
>
> ETA-10 CPU board?
>
> The star off the front of one of those STAR machines
>
> Two mag tapes from Univac I.  They are 8" dia, steel and weigh about 8 lbs
> each ;-)
>
> IBM 5100?
>
> Two i4040 engineering samples (that work)?
>
> cje
>
>
>
>
> --
> Chris Elmquist
>


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