6 Sep
2016
6 Sep
'16
4:18 p.m.
Hi
A friend of mine died recently; he was amongst many things an electronics tinkerer and has
a closet full of small parts in bin cabinets (resistors, capacitors, ICs, transistors,
hardware, etc.). The ICs look mostly old. His wife and kids have no interest and would
like to find a good home for these parts rather than recycle the lot.
They are in Palo Alto CA
Anyone interested in using them could just pick them up in the next week or so.
Any other ideas? Really hate to see these go to recycle.
Tom
(650) 941-5324 <tel:%28650%29%20941-5324>
6 Sep
6 Sep
6:16 p.m.
On 9/6/16 4:18 PM, Tom Gardner wrote:
A friend of mine died recently; he was amongst many
things an electronics tinkerer and has a closet full of small parts in bin cabinets
(resistors, capacitors, ICs, transistors, hardware, etc.).
There is also a Unicomp 18 bit minicomputer, paper tape reader, and FFT processor circa
1972 in the garage (6ft rack)
with full documentation.
I walked out of the donations meeting with the other curators today who thought it was a
piece of s**t and didn't want
to take it, calling it a 'dumpster fire'
Art was a friend of mine.
Hopefully it can go someplace where it can be appreciated.
Talk to Tom about it, unfortunately, time is short.
8:59 p.m.
On Tue, Sep 06, 2016 at 06:16:23PM -0700, Al Kossow wrote:
There is also a Unicomp 18 bit minicomputer, paper
tape reader,
and FFT processor circa 1972 in the garage (6ft rack) with full
documentation.
I think it would be a damned shame if this went to recycling. I can't
drive the 30 hours to come get it though. (tbh the '99 pickup truck
does not have that kind of trip left in it anyways.)
mcl
9:09 p.m.
On 09/06/2016 08:59 PM, Mark Linimon wrote:
On Tue, Sep 06, 2016 at 06:16:23PM -0700, Al Kossow
wrote:
That sounds amazing. I'm in Seattle. My time is pretty tight these
days, but if someone up here was interested, I might be persuaded to do
a tag-team driving run over a weekend. My '81 Ford has plenty of life
left in her.
I don't think I'm interested in it personally though, as I really have
no idea what an Unicomp minicomputer is in the grand scheme of things...
--Jason
There is also a Unicomp 18 bit minicomputer,
paper tape reader,
and FFT processor circa 1972 in the garage (6ft rack) with full
documentation.
I think it would be a damned shame if this went to recycling. I
can't
drive the 30 hours to come get it though. (tbh the '99 pickup truck
does not have that kind of trip left in it anyways.)
mcl 
10:12 p.m.
On 9/6/16 9:09 PM, Jason Howe wrote:
On 09/06/2016 08:59 PM, Mark Linimon wrote:
I'd join you on that trip, except I have no idea where I'd fit another
6' rack at the moment... ah, physical space is a harsh mistress...
- Josh
On Tue, Sep 06, 2016 at 06:16:23PM -0700, Al
Kossow wrote:
That sounds amazing. I'm in Seattle. My time is pretty tight these
days, but if someone up here was interested, I might be persuaded to
do a tag-team driving run over a weekend. My '81 Ford has plenty of
life left in her.
I don't think I'm interested in it personally though, as I really have
no idea what an Unicomp minicomputer is in the grand scheme of things...
--Jason
There is also a Unicomp 18 bit minicomputer,
paper tape reader,
and FFT processor circa 1972 in the garage (6ft rack) with full
documentation.
I think it would be a damned shame if this went to recycling. I
can't
drive the 30 hours to come get it though. (tbh the '99 pickup truck
does not have that kind of trip left in it anyways.)
mcl 
10:43 p.m.
.
On Sep 6, 2016, at 6:16 PM, Al Kossow <aek at
bitsavers.org> wrote:
I have room for it. I emailed and called Tom so at least it should not get scrapped.
Wish it had a real front panel though.
Bob
Sent, poorly, from my iPad
On 9/6/16 4:18 PM, Tom Gardner wrote:
A friend of mine died recently; he was amongst many things an electronics tinkerer and
has a closet full of small parts in bin cabinets (resistors, capacitors, ICs, transistors,
hardware, etc.).
There is also a Unicomp 18 bit minicomputer, paper tape reader, and FFT processor circa
1972 in the garage (6ft rack)
with full documentation.
I walked out of the donations meeting with the other curators today who thought it was a
piece of s**t and didn't want
to take it, calling it a 'dumpster fire'
Art was a friend of mine.
Hopefully it can go someplace where it can be appreciated.
Talk to Tom about it, unfortunately, time is short.
7 Sep
7 Sep
12:22 a.m.
On Tue, 6 Sep 2016 22:43:05 -0700
Bob Rosenbloom <bobalan at sbcglobal.net> wrote:
.
I called and talked to Tom as well. So have other Bay Area folks. I
suspect that very little, if any, will be scrapped.
Cheers,
Lyle
--
73 AF6WS
Bickley Consulting West Inc.
http://bickleywest.com
"Black holes are where God is dividing by zero"
On Sep 6, 2016, at 6:16 PM, Al Kossow <aek at
bitsavers.org> wrote:
I have room for it. I emailed and called Tom so at least it should
not get scrapped. Wish it had a real front panel though. On 9/6/16 4:18 PM, Tom Gardner wrote:
A friend of mine died recently; he was amongst many things an
electronics tinkerer and has a closet full of small parts in bin
cabinets (resistors, capacitors, ICs, transistors, hardware,
etc.).
There is also a Unicomp 18 bit minicomputer, paper tape reader, and
FFT processor circa 1972 in the garage (6ft rack) with full
documentation.
I walked out of the donations meeting with the other curators today
who thought it was a piece of s**t and didn't want to take it,
calling it a 'dumpster fire'
Art was a friend of mine.
Hopefully it can go someplace where it can be appreciated.
Talk to Tom about it, unfortunately, time is short.
6 Sep
6 Sep
11:55 p.m.
On Tue, Sep 06, 2016 at 06:16:23PM -0700, Al Kossow wrote:
I walked out of the donations meeting with the other curators today
who thought it was a piece of s**t and didn't want to take it, calling
it a 'dumpster fire'
Wow, what an attitude.. I don't know much about Unicomps but should
lesser know machines but unusual machines be preserved as well?
/P
7 Sep
7 Sep
1:12 a.m.
On Wed, Sep 07, 2016 at 08:55:40AM +0200, Pontus Pihlgren wrote:
Wow, what an attitude.. I don't know much about
Unicomps but should
lesser know machines but unusual machines be preserved as well?
Well ... I imagine they already have decades worth of stuff to sort
through. (I am intending to send them more soon :-) )
If you browse their online catalog your eyes will glaze over pretty
quickly.
That said, I do hope this machine is not scrapped.
mcl
8 Sep
8 Sep
2:50 p.m.
I am not at all familiar with Unicomp minicomputers, and I'd love to see pictures of
this one. I'm sorry that I'm not closer to the machine, but it sounds like heroic
rescuers are already lined up to keep it from getting scrapped.
--
Mark J. Blair, NF6X <nf6x at nf6x.net>
http://www.nf6x.net/
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