Magnetic memory core sitting on a wall in Kilburn - HURRY, HURRY!

[Joe England]

About an hour ago, I saw what appears to be one of the above sitting on the wall outside 29/31 Birchington Road NW6 (the one down by the side of Iceland).

It appears to be a stack of several (4-5?) boards soldered vertically together with several banks of cores on each. I'd guess it's from a late '60s/early '70s computer.

I wasn't in a position to take it myself but it's pretty small - it appears to be mounted on an A4 size frame.

I know that it's late but if anyone wants it I suggest that they proceed with all dispatch - the weather's not great and I don't know when the bins come round there.

Regards.

Joe

[henry...@ntlworld.com]

Not much use to anyone nowadays, unless they're planning on building a 60s/70s computer and have a VERY large room and an even larger budget. The only people who may be interested in it would be the Computer Museum at Bletchley Park.

[Adrian Godwin]

No, it's lovely stuff. many collectors of old computer gear would love it.

What's weird is that it's sitting on a wall .. you'll pay a lot for it on ebay because it's so rare now.

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[Joe England]

It was mounted on a frame, upon which there had clearly been a caption explaining what it was which had since fallen off.

Maybe someone was clearing out a property and found it and didn't know what it was but thought it might be significant so decided to leave it out of the bins?