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BrentB

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I have a new and unused Unimetrics white line recorder model 960 purchased in the late seventies by my father in law

It is a depth sounder with a panel display and paper chart recorder.

I am not finding information on the internet and thought a C Brat would know .

I have no idea what it is worth but it is well made and is an interesting piece of electronics
picture see

https://picasaweb.google.com/1006779684 ... csModel960
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link will not work.

these records were the best thing to have in the 70's. very clear and you could go back on the paper and review what happened during the day. you could also make notes right on the paper. With today's fish finders, many of which have review mode now, I dont see a market for this unit. You might find a collector. Iam not sure you will even find paper rollers for them anymore. Great unit in its time but just out of date and useless today. Sorry. If you are going to list it do so in the great lakes area. Thats where they were the most popular.
 
Tom

Thanks

I checked the link and it is working

Still hoping for a collector or other interested person would be interested before I post it on Craigs List or eBay
 
BrentB":ga61c7b7 said:
Tom

Thanks

I checked the link and it is working

Still hoping for a collector or other interested person would be interested before I post it on Craigs List or eBay
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Link's not working for me either - says page not found.
 
Yep, works--was a great unit in its day, with the flasher, as well as the thermal trace. Paper will be very difficult to get. I had an old weather fax which used damp thermal paper--was really hard to get and keep in good condition even in the 80's...
 
Neat old unit.

But I'm afraid there isn't any value to it. It's like having a loran c receiver- worthless, even if I still see them offered once in awhile.

I suppose some collector (does anyone collect old electronics?) might see some value, but I can't imagine you'd get enough to cover your time and effort to sell it.
 
Collectable electronics may be a term whose time has passed. The best place to see electrical/electronics development is Spark Museum of Electronic Invention in Bellingham, Washington. This goes from the discovery of electricity (for real) in the ~1600's up to today's radios/TV. Wonderful place. We got a docent tour that was wonderful and informative, given by a librarian. He knew the rationale behind each piece of equipment and it's history: absolutely magnificent especially to a layman. Go there when you're there or else.

Now, where was I? Oh, OK, old specialized electronics. Of course a recording depth sounder was a wonderful invention, allowing us to map the ocean floor. And to build one for us common folk was a triumph of our age. That said, someone somewhere is collecting that equipment and they already have one. Just like the CRT TV. Unfortunately there's no market for them. Same with film cameras. Try selling your old darkroom stuff, you can't give it away.

I may not know the collectable market though. A friend is augmenting his retirement income by selling his collection of old vacuum tube radios and associated test equipment. So there may be a market out there, just that the C-Brat forum isn't it, as magnificent as this forum is. Speaking of that, I have an old vacuum tube scope that I'd be willing to part with for the right amount.

And I know the topic wandered, I just got to thinking what the recorder represented. A lot of things.

Boris
 
I have no plans to trash it and will keep it
It is so well made, brand new in the box and unique....
it should be preserved
 
Start your own museum--I have some items to donate!

Boris, our local State college still uses film in the basic photo classic, along with dark room. It is going to get tougher to get film, now that Kodak is out of business. Our local photo store still has some 35 mm, 120 and various sizes of sheet film. Also still stock chemicals and paper.

I had a high end Cannon super 8, and Cal State where I was teaching was very excited to get ahold of it, because they were sill teaching one actual film class (about 20 years ago). I don't know if you can get super 8 or 16 mm film.
 
Start your own museum--I have some items to donate!

Me, too

more older marine electronics, PCs, Macs, calculators, Apple 2, a slew of SCSI drives, NICS, modems, camcorders, 35mm cameras

Any market for out of date software? DOS, Windows 3.X, Win 95
 
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