Chip Collecting

John Galt wrote: <snip> 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.)