Perhaps the coolest item on eBay, ever!
Sat Oct 10, 2009 8:16 am
Wow, how neat! Wish I has 7.500 extra dollars sitting around.
http://cgi.ebay.com/B-29-Central-Fire-Control-System-Parallax-Computer_W0QQitemZ200392510922QQihZ010QQcategoryZ585QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
http://cgi.ebay.com/B-29-Central-Fire-Control-System-Parallax-Computer_W0QQitemZ200392510922QQihZ010QQcategoryZ585QQssPageNameZWDVWQQrdZ1QQcmdZViewItem
Sat Oct 10, 2009 8:47 am
Holy cow, they are asking an arm and a leg! Back in 2000 I purchased and donated one of those to Doc. It was probably out of the same warehouse. I remember paying less than $200 plus another 75 or so to ship it up from Texas. Anyway, the Doc group had at least three of them NOS donated by different individuals. One was a bit water damaged. If that were the double parallax it would be worth some money. If I recall the system used one double parallax and 3 or 4 single parallax. Never seen one opened up like that-those are some cool photos. I know they are very heavy to lift. Mine was in the same wood crate and wrapped in preservative paper. It was still a bit oily. I will try to post some pictures later. The cardboard box surrounding the crate had a war bonds emblem on it. 
Thanks for posting that. It appears that B-29 parts are outperforming any other investments. Ahh to go back in time!
Sat Oct 10, 2009 8:53 am
Cool story, wish I could have seen Doc during my Wichita trip last year.
Sat Oct 10, 2009 9:16 am
The box these came in....
Sat Oct 10, 2009 9:22 am
Nine years ago...
Sat Oct 10, 2009 9:33 am
Edward Sheetmetalhands wrote::shock: Holy cow, they are asking an arm and a leg! Back in 2000 I purchased and donated one of those to Doc. It was probably out of the same warehouse. I remember paying less than $200 plus another 75 or so to ship it up from Texas. Anyway, the Doc group had at least three of them NOS donated by different individuals. One was a bit water damaged. If that were the double parallax it would be worth some money. If I recall the system used one double parallax and 3 or 4 single parallax. Never seen one opened up like that-those are some cool photos. I know they are very heavy to lift. Mine was in the same wood crate and wrapped in preservative paper. It was still a bit oily. I will try to post some pictures later. The cardboard box surrounding the crate had a war bonds emblem on it.
Gotta Love E-Pay! But will it sell, I thought I had a gold mine once, the market said otherwise.
But that is very cool, I love the "guts" pictures. Funny to think all that cool stuff was build on the same site I once worked.
Tim
Sat Oct 10, 2009 11:45 am
does FiFi have one of those?
Sat Oct 10, 2009 3:14 pm
Ober, you should sell your Bearcat and P-38 project on eBay... 
Lynn
Lynn
Sat Oct 10, 2009 3:47 pm
tex-fan wrote:does FiFi have one of those?
I dunno, does anyone have a Fifi photo front side of the wall aft of the CFC gunner and side scanners? If I remember right, all of the computers were mounted to that wall.
Finally a B-29 thread. I was holding my breath and was about to burst!
Sun Oct 11, 2009 6:01 am
darn,
That is the first time I have seen "Circular Mils" used in any reference.
That is the first time I have seen "Circular Mils" used in any reference.
Wed Oct 14, 2009 2:23 am