It would be nice if someone could save it... Potter, or specifically S.A. Potter, was a NY based company that made *precision bench lathes* in the 20's (and yes I do own one :). Apparently this company was also based in NY. Wonder if there's a connection. Many companies branched off into subsidiaries (like Pratt & Whitney), although this one doesn't seem like it was anywhere near as big. At some specific points in time, there were at least 3 different P & W's... Is rambling banned? --- will <will_kranz at softhome.net> wrote: ____________________________________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs

--- will <will_kranz at softhome.net> wrote: UNICOM was a DoD communication system based on No. 1 ESS technology, and usually mentioned in the same breath as AUTOVON. UNICOM apparently had data and store-and-forward capability. This drive would date to roughly 1961-1963. I think it might be interesting to a telco equipment collector. I seem to recall there was some discussion at one time of folks who collect switching equipment, etc. A quick web search turned up a few things, but not a mailing list. Is there any such thing? --Bill