Free chips to good home (gone!)

I kinda liked the guy that had all of the "ventage" chips on auction a couple of weeks ago. Or should I say "VENTAGE!" Erik -----Original Message----- From: owner-classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org [mailto:owner-classiccmp@classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of John Chris Wren Sent: Sunday, April 28, 2002 1:50 PM To: classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org Subject: FW: Free chips to good home (gone!) Thanks to everyone who showed interest (which was a lot more than I expected). The chips have found new homes, and will be winging their way their Monday. Based on the replies, I guess I should have put them on eBay with "L@@K!" "RARE!", and made my retirement money. This is actually something that really gets me wound up. These people gut an old XT, and list every chip they can yank off the board as "RARE!". So it has gold flashed pins. So what? It's ceramic? So what? A 27C128 is not "L@@K RARE!". And there are a couple of particular offenders. I've though about writing a CGI script that trolls for that, and automatically sends an e-mail every day to the effect of "Hi! You're an idiot, and couldn't recognize a RARE! chip if it bit you on the ass. Please stop polluting eBay with your useless crap that you can't even identify. How can I tell? Because you put RARE! and a part number, and no part description what so ever. Moron". --John