4 Nov
2010
4 Nov
'10
1:48 p.m.
While browsing on ebay lately I noticed CPU scrap going for quite a bit of money, for
example:
http://cgi.ebay.com/1-lb-Lot-high-yield-CPU-gold-scrap-recovery-486-/220690…
Seems like 486 era chips (ceramic) are getting melted down for gold, and those poor PPros
are going to be rare as dodo birds in a decade. Kind of makes me wonder if anything is
going to be around from the 90's computer era in a dozen years.
How much of the earlier stuff was saved from melting because gold was only worth $350 an
ounce in the booming 90's compared to $1390 in the current depression?
TZ