7 Sep
2011
7 Sep
'11
3:23 a.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Mike Loewen" <mloewen at cpumagic.scol.pa.us>
To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts"
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Sent: Tuesday, September 06, 2011 10:59 PM
Subject: Re: Current metal values (was What's 6 Feet Tall and Weighs 1, 500
Pounds?)
On Tue, 6 Sep 2011, William Donzelli wrote:
Well, the core memory plane contacts were all gold plated and I believe
the Pluggable Unit contacts were, as well. Have to check the spares
cabinet...
Mike Loewen mloewen at cpumagic.scol.pa.us
Old Technology http://sturgeon.css.psu.edu/~mloewen/Oldtech/
The websites for gold recovery pretty much say anything gold plated (unless
it is over sterling silver that is recoverable) isn't worth the energy to
recover. Gold plating is so precise these days you can plate a layer a few
atoms thick. I figured some chips had gold interconnects so melting a small
pile of them would get you a decent amount of gold after chemical
separation.
I wonder
what a Q-7 would be worth in scrap....
Loewen might correct me, but I do not think any of the SAGE stuff had
much in the wait of precious metals, except perhaps some gold in some
of the tubes.