14 Oct
2009
14 Oct
'09
8:32 a.m.
On Wednesday 07 October 2009, Chuck Guzis wrote:
On 7 Oct 2009 at 14:06, Patrick Finnegan wrote:
It appears to be some sort of A/D converter, with a core memory box and
"oscilloscope" like display stuck on it. I haven't gotten as far as
firing it up yet, but I posted some higher res pictures of it:
http://www.flickr.com/photos/vax-o-matic/sets/72157622536984302/
Pat
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Does anyone know anything about a
Tullamore/Victoreen SCIPP 1600?
I have found one of these, and it appears to be some sort of
computer- based "analyzer" from the 70s, but I can't find much
using google, besides references in papers to having used one.
I know Victoreen mostly for their geiger counters, so I suspect that
this is something having to do with the nuclear biz. The obit of the
founder:
http://www.encyclopedia.com/doc/1P2-4094525.html
Seems to support the radiation angle.