29 Mar
2006
29 Mar
'06
2:57 p.m.
I have some early DRAM chips, was wondering if any of you guys would be
interested? It's gonna take me some digging to get to where they are, so I
figure I'd ask first before doing that. :-)
If there's some interest I'll dig 'em out and post a list.
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29 Mar
29 Mar
3:31 p.m.
On 3/29/2006 at 6:57 PM Roy J. Tellason wrote:
I have some early DRAM chips...
If there's some interest I'll dig 'em out and post a list.
I'd be surprised if there was. I mentioned that I had a bunch of 4Kx1 DRAM
TMS4044 clones some months ago and got not a peep.
Cheers,
Chuck
8:56 p.m.
In article <200603291631310801.10D324EF at 10.0.0.252>,
"Chuck Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com> writes:
On 3/29/2006 at 6:57 PM Roy J. Tellason wrote:
I see chips offered up singly on ebay as "collector items" and
sometimes I see people selling their entire chip collection. So
obviously there are people out there who collect individual chips.
For whatever reason they just don't lurk on this list :-). I think
people here are more interested in collecting whole (hopefully
working) systems rather than components. I wonder, if you collect
chips, do you accumulate as many different date codes as you can?
<shudder>
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I have some early DRAM chips...
If there's some interest I'll dig 'em out and post a list.
I'd be surprised if there was. I mentioned that I had a bunch of 4Kx1 DRAM
TMS4044 clones some months ago and got not a peep.
9:41 p.m.
On 3/29/2006 at 10:56 PM Richard wrote:
For whatever reason they just don't lurk on this
list :-). I think
people here are more interested in collecting whole (hopefully
working) systems rather than components. I wonder, if you collect
chips, do you accumulate as many different date codes as you can?
<shudder>
I don't collect chips; just have them around taking up space. I'm not
likely to use one of those 3-supply mid-size 4Kx1 DRAMs any time during the
remainder of my brief tenure on this planet, so they're either landfill or
they take up space elsewhere.
BTW, they're ceramic Fujitsu MB8107N's--maybe from about 1980 or so.
Cheers,
Chuck
10:11 p.m.
In article <200603292241060482.12257C75 at 10.0.0.252>,
"Chuck Guzis" <cclist at sydex.com> writes:
I don't collect chips; just have them around
taking up space. I'm not
likely to use one of those 3-supply mid-size 4Kx1 DRAMs any time during the
remainder of my brief tenure on this planet, so they're either landfill or
they take up space elsewhere.
Well, as long as you're being morbid about it, have you made
provisions in your will for your collection? :-)
BTW, they're ceramic Fujitsu MB8107N's--maybe
from about 1980 or so.
OK, having a chip in a white ceramic carrier from before they
perfected plastic carriers would be kinda cool.
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10:31 p.m.
On 3/30/2006 at 12:11 AM Richard wrote:
Well, as long as you're being morbid about it, have
you made
provisions in your will for your collection? :-)
What collection? The stuff I have has just been accumulated over the years
like earwax. Most of it purchased new (like the MITS 8800). A few things
purchased used; some stuff just given to me. Nothing acquired to collect.
If my lovely wife outlives me, she'll have the problem of disposing of my
life's detritus; if I'm the last one into the ground, it'll be the problem
of the charity that's been named as our executor.
Sheesh, if I collected something, it'd be something that would appreciate
with time, like saxophones or gold ingots or pie safes.
Cheers,
Chuck
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