Keep checking eBay for them as I picked up several there for good prices.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Brian Chase" <vaxzilla_at_jarai.org>
To: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Sunday, March 09, 2003 10:01 PM
Subject: Re: Collecting silicon wafers
> On Sun, 9 Mar 2003, Steve Jones wrote:
> > Dave Wilson writes:
>
> > > My interest is in collecting whole, undiced silicon wafers. These
> > > are much more accessible for research and the interest does not
> > > conflict with those of other people.
> >
> > [...]
> >
> > I haven't run across anyone systematically collecting wafers. The
> > main question I'd have is, where's the supply? If there's not a
> > large supply of available wafers, how many collectors can there be?
> >
> > Having opened my mouth and said that, someone will probably tell
> > me that fab-rich places in Arizona, California, Oregon, and Texas
> > are using them as wall decorations or something...
>
> The San Jose Tech Museum's gift shop has them for sale at prices that
> won't break you too badly. IIRC, it was somewhere in the $10-$30 range,
> depending on their sizes. It looks like they're available for sale
> online: <http://store.thetech.org/slicofsilval.html>
>
> Of course, you can't get to pick and choose them like you would if you
> were actually there. When I last visited, they had a variety of wafers
> available.
>
> -brian.
Received on Sun Mar 09 2003 - 22:29:00 GMT