I might be interested, as I already have two FFT systems that I am restoring (an HP 5420A and a HP 5451C). I am local. Just drop me an email. Marc
Sent from my iPad > On Sep 8, 2016, at 10:08 AM, Tom Gardner <t.gard...@computer.org> wrote: > > The rest of the story. > > As Al pointed out, much to our surprise, the museum has rejected an offer > from Art's estate for the donation of a Fast Fourier Transform computing > system which included both the Unicomp Computer and a hardware FFT > accelerator. This is a very strange decision since the system is one of the > earliest if not the first implementation of a FFT in anti-submarine and > anti-aircraft warfare. FFT mathematics dates to 1965 but processor until > much later had the power to do it real time in software at the resolution > necessary, so Art invented the hardware accelerator and multiple units were > sold to the Navy. The estate is appealing the museum's decision. > > The estate would like to keep the FFT system together and so if the museum > continues with a cranial rectal inversion it will look to other alternatives > including those of u who have already > > I will respond by email not later than tomorrow to the several list members > who expressed interest in the components and/or the computer. I'm busy > today helping set up the Atari retrospective for the IEEE Silicon Valley > History Committee. > > Regards, > > Tom > > Date: Tue, 6 Sep 2016 18:16:23 -0700 > From: Al Kossow <a...@bitsavers.org> > To: cctalk@classiccmp.org > Subject: Re: Components available > > >> 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. > > > > > -- > 73 AF6WS > Bickley Consulting West Inc. > http://bickleywest.com > > "Black holes are where God is dividing by zero" >