27 Jun
2002
27 Jun
'02
4:13 a.m.
Seems like I'll have to start looking through my
ancient chip supply... I seem to remember a tube
of the ceramic 8080 cpus somewhere...
Of course, I might accidently _flood_ the market... :-)
-al-
-acorda(a)1bigred.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Joe [mailto:rigdonj@cfl.rr.com]
Sent: Thursday, June 27, 2002 7:54 AM
To: cctalk(a)classiccmp.org
Subject: RE: ebay deals do happen
At 08:35 AM 6/27/02 -0700, Sellam wrote:
The reason that Altair processor card got that amount was
not because of
the card itself but because of the 8080 processor
on it.
Apparently, a
few chip collectors creamed their pants over it
because it
was an Intel
C8080, harboring some manner of significance to
them.
The buyer was "prepared to go well over $1000 for that
chip". That
chip
is apparently listed as having a value of $1,800
on one
collector's site.
Gee, it's like the classic computer craze of 1999 all over again.
Geez, I should pull the 8080 CPUs out of my Intel MDS 800s
and hawk them. Plastic CPU would work just as well and I
could use the money :-)
Joe