Intel C8080A chip brings $565 on EBAY

Excuse my ignorance but even at the fact that it's a purple ceramic - is this like a prototype or one of Intel's first runs or something that makes it worth more than most new processors? -----Original Message----- From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org [mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org]On Behalf Of John Galt Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2001 4:03 PM To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org Subject: Re: Intel C8080A chip brings $565 on EBAY Link: http://cgi.ebay.com/aw-cgi/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=1296402506 ----- Original Message ----- From: John Galt To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org Sent: Sunday, November 18, 2001 4:27 PM Subject: Intel C8080A chip brings $565 on EBAY Well, it was one of only two known rare purple Intel C8080A's I am always in the market to buy rare old Intel microprocessors and support chips. If you have any old Intel 4004, 8008, 4040, or 8080 microprocessors laying around, I want them. Also buying old EPROMS (C1702's, etc), RAM (C3101, C1101, C1103, etc), clock chips, etc). Contact me at gmphillips(a)earthlink.net