Spare Chips

From: Sam Ismail <dastar_at_crl.com>
Date: Wed May 21 23:06:42 1997

On Wed, 21 May 1997, Isaac Davis wrote:

> I have found what seems to be a decent supply of eproms. I was looking at
> an old 2400 baud fax modem for my pc, and noticed that it had what looked
> like an eprom on it. I pulled the chip and peeled off the label, and it was
> a 27256 eprom. I also bought a 2400 baud modem at a thrift store for $2.00
> and it had a 27128 eprom in it. This was cheaper than buying the eprom by
> itself. I paid $3.00 for a 2764, and didn't even price a 27128. I am going
> to start picking up all of the old cheap, almost worthless modems and
> grabbing the eproms out of them. You can probably pick up the modem for
> less than the price of the eprom that it holds. If anyone else knows of a
> cheap source of eproms or other chips, share it with us.

This is a great suggestion, worthy of the FAQ. Beware that you don't
cannabalize what could be considered a classic peripheral though.

Sam
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