Fwd: HP 524B Military Version

I have been contacted by a fellow with an FR-38D/U digital counter, I gather he would like to let it go. This is a tube-based digital electronic counter, identical to the HP-524B, but I think the particular unit at issue was actually manufactured by Northeastern Engineering. (I've never understood the relationship, but AIUI Northeastern manufactured/second-sourced some HP designs.) Here is a photo of the unit: http://i142.photobucket.com/albums/r84/onegroovydude/ 62E116DF-2C75-459F-ADE4-44FA2B79B712-285-00000017B3222DC6.jpg For more info about the models, here are my web pages about the 524B and HP-520 instruments: http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~hilpert/e/edte/HP524B/index.html http://www.cs.ubc.ca/~hilpert/e/edte/HP520/index.html These things aren't computers of course, but they are some of the last pieces of tube-based digital electronic instruments, i.e. the same technology as the the 1st generation of electronic computers. Marketing spiel: You're not likely to ever own a digital tube computer, but you can own a digital tube counter. I'm just helping to see it preserved, you can contact Travis below if interested. I get questions and expressions of interest in these instruments every now-and-then due to my web pages, but I have no idea what sort of dollar/market value to assign. The location is Kansas City. They're over 100 lbs and you'd have to be really enthused to have it shipped - so hopefully someone can pick it up. If someone obtains this unit, I can supply the schematic, at least for the HP version. (I have a 524B and 524C that I have repaired.) If someone does obtain it I'd be interested to hear about it. Begin forwarded message: