Yeah I love the look of this, but a 2K buy it now price, not exactly letting people find its true value. (not getting into free market stuff, just saying these kind of "i think its worth $X thousand, buy it or not" stuff isn't exactly the point of eBay)
For Sale: Soviet Military Ferrite Core Memory Stack Cube and Manual
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#12Reminds me of this video of Adam Savage showing off his byte:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hQWcIkoqXwg
Re: For Sale: Soviet Military Ferrite Core Memory Stack Cube and Manual
#13Yeah I love the look of this, but a 2K buy it now price, not exactly letting people find its true value. (not getting into free market stuff, just saying these kind of "i think its worth $X thousand, buy it or not" stuff isn't exactly the point of eBay)
There's a "Make Offer" button. And Buy It Now stuff is really common on eBay these days. Surely "the point of eBay" is whatever people do with it?
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#14Is it just me or is that "art". Nice design.
Weren't the Russians making vacuum tubes for decades after the US stopped and "perfected" them?
Re: For Sale: Soviet Military Ferrite Core Memory Stack Cube and Manual
#15Someone please buy this and loan it out to the Computer History Museum!
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#16That's crazy, you can see it's handmade. I wonder if it still works?
This artifact belongs in the hands of someone who can answer that question for himself. I know he's not me; I would waste its potential by enclosing it in a Plexiglas cube and displaying it on my desk. "Look at this curiosity! No, please don't touch it."
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#17Is it just me or is that "art". Nice design. Weren't the Russians making vacuum tubes for decades after the US stopped and "perfected" them?
Yeah, that design makes it a complete fetish item. I covet it just by looking at it.
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#18Nothing next to this: http://www.ebay.com/itm/1967-vintage-London-MELLOTRON-Progra... My birthday is soon. Email in profile.
Wow, what a find. A tape based sampler. Amazing. That would be so much fun to restore to working condition.
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#19So this thing runs in space? They went to space with this?
Judging by the time it was made it was at least intended to be used in a hostile environment. By 1983 the days of core memory were long gone so any application involving ferrite would have to be special to justify the additional cost over using semiconductor ram.
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#20Is it just me or is that "art". Nice design. Weren't the Russians making vacuum tubes for decades after the US stopped and "perfected" them?
Not sure about vacuum tubes, but Nixie tubes were used until the 90s. Most vintage Nixie tubes are from the former Soviet Union.