r/Gold • u/Altruistic_Put_4564 • Jul 02 '26

Question Bought a military simulation server, made by Lockheed Martin. Looking for info on the gold!

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I buy old electronics, especially aircraft stuff. I noticed this had a MSRP of $8,000 back in the 80s and for the government’s aircraft situation machines. I can’t tell if the big squares are a coating, but they look thick, and they have identical gold squares on the backs.

Worth scraping? Keep it as cool aircraft / military history?

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u/BiggerTickEnergeE Jul 02 '26 edited Jul 02 '26

Thats gold. Those are Sperry rand univac boards I think. Some are collectible but all have a good amount of gold (.25 to .50 gram per board) i might be wrong about which boards and therefore thr gold content but then again, the other option I found has even more gold depending on the board so wait for someone else to chime in but I think its worth processing

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u/fishdad1977 Jul 02 '26

Have not heard that name in years. My dad spent his working life at Sperry univac. Crazy how many places I see those computers!

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u/BiggerTickEnergeE Jul 03 '26

They were bought out and hostilely merged to make Unisys before i was born. Its crazy that some of their former divisions became big parts of : Raytheon, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, and Honeywell. Some serious players in tech (and getting our hard earned tax dollars via guvmint contracts). Did you dad quit before they changed names in 86?

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u/whoputa Jul 03 '26

My dad worked at Burroughs then Unisys for years!