Sandia and Los Alamos Auction

Aaachh!!! I'm REALLY glad I don't live anywhere NEAR that auction! My house would be SO full of "goodies" that it would collapse around me - and I'm not talking about just classic computer related stuff listed. Umm, well, it's creaking now with just the stuff I've already got. My wife asks why a couple of doors stick at the top now :-/ There are tons of high vacuum, laser, optical gear and other high-tech stuff listed in that auction that I know and miss using since I downsized readouts for their mill or lathe (lot # 164 & 172) I can give you a copy of the manual and even service the readout if needed. Need AR or Anilam Inc encoders to use these readouts. Just don't pay much more than ten or twelve bucks for both of them. I *think* I recall correctly that the Balzers QME064 is their partial pressure analyzer and if indeed it is I believe it has a DEC PDP-11/23 processor card, memory and a couple of custom cards specific to the application in a 4-slot bus. Been so long since I saw ours at AR that I can't quite recall. BTW, most controllers on Balzers brand thin film deposition equipment (electron beam and sputtering systems) use DEC hardware. Early ones used PDP-8's which are getting hard to find in that application while most other more recent systems use 11/23's and Falcons. Haven't checked what the newest systems use - hope its NOT wintel. -Chris F. NNNN Upon the date 10:15 AM 6/9/04 -0700, Tom Ponsford said something like: Christian Fandt, Electronic/Electrical Historian Jamestown, NY USA cfandt(a)netsync.net Member of Antique Wireless Association URL: http://www.antiquewireless.org/