Chip Collecting

From: Marvin Johnston <marvin_at_rain.org>
Date: Sat Nov 16 10:47:00 2002

John Galt wrote:
>
> I'm a chip collector and I would like to take a moment to defend my hobby.
>

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No need to defend your hobby. I really haven't seen anyone complain
about chip collectors, and anyone that does is probably a miniscule part
of the number of people in our hobby.

Are there any good web sites to look up chips that might be collectable?
As a for instance, I received quite a few chips including a few with
"Engineering Sample" on them when a friend died who had collected a LOT
of manuals, parts, machines, catalogs, etc. There were even some adapter
boards I had made for to change the footprint of some 64 bit multiplier
chips. I won't throw them away, but it would be great to have a
reference site. What about early sample kits? I also have a friend of
mine who collected quite a number of chips including some that were
never released except in limited quanities, and I am SURE he would be
interested in finding a buyer for some of his stuff. He doesn't collect
per se but was using them for projects (he designed and sold a box to
add color to early TRS computers.)
Received on Sat Nov 16 2002 - 10:47:00 GMT