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hfywc

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hi all.

i came across a topic that has a link to a website for cpu colletor's sometime ago but couldn't locate now...i just purchased an old ibm mainframe chip and trying to find out what the value is>>>>>>>>>>>>>>


alan

thanks.
 

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http://www.cpu-collector.com/

http://www.cpushack.com/

http://www.cpu-collection.de/

http://www.cpu-world.com/links/
 
thanks for a quick reply jim...but what i am looking for is the thread discussion itself...i tried google before and came out with the similar search result....

there's something special about that particular thread...anyone remembers?
 
This one?

http://goldrefiningforum.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=7312&p=66252&hilit=cpu+collectors#p66252

or this one?
http://goldrefiningforum.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=1996&hilit=cpu+collectors

http://goldrefiningforum.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=4856&hilit=cpu+collectors
 
Here's mine


IBMcpu.jpg

ibmcpu2.jpg
 
jimdoc said:
This one?

http://goldrefiningforum.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=7312&p=66252&hilit=cpu+collectors#p66252

or this one?
http://goldrefiningforum.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=42&t=1996&hilit=cpu+collectors

http://goldrefiningforum.com/phpBB3/viewtopic.php?f=49&t=4856&hilit=cpu+collectors

great job jim! thanks a million.

alan

btw how did you search for that topic? what key words did you use? i tried searching for "cpu colletors" but to no avail....
 
mic said:
Here's mine


IBMcpu.jpg

ibmcpu2.jpg

two cpus were being auctioned at that time but i only manage to win one...could you be the other winner?

is that for sale?
 
Alan,
I searched for it the same as you did,you can tell by the end of the links;
=cpu + collectors and those words will be highlighted in the posts.
You didn't spell collectors in the search like you did in your post did you?

Its a shame that the old Ebay links are gone,they were a good way to compare what you may have and values (actual real sold prices).

Jim
 
hi all.

i just want to share a similar ibm mainframe cpu...notice the different pin arrangements and this one comes complete with the enclosures...really heavy piece almost the same size as the other one.

thanks for looking!

alan
 

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mic said:
Wow you spent a fortune for that.....you must've wanted it aweful bad.

there's another kind i am trying to get to complete my collection...if i happen to find one.

here's a picture of the back....
 

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Is it actually red like in the picture or did the camera do that?I have yet to see an MCM/TCM that was red.
 
Wondering about the date of those cpu's; because I had a guy call me if a could recover some gold from some 1970's PC's. He found a stash dumped in some field. They're full of rust; he picked up a dozen & checked them, that's when he noticed the golden parts. I was hoping the cpu's would be like the ones you gentlmen are showing; but, I noticed the 9450 date on one of Alan's pic's, which I took for 1950, so I did a search & found this site, http://members.optusnet.com.au/intaretro/Packages.htm , it answered some of my Q's.

Phil
 
philddreamer said:
I noticed the 9450 date
That code indicates that the item was maunfactured in the 50'th week of 1994,the first 2 being the year and the last 2 being the week.But a lot of components have other numbers that look like a date code,usually the dat code is very close to the items manufacturer number.
And those cpus that hfywc and I are talking about were munufactered in the 80's and early 90's.If you saw the heat sink from an mcm you WOULD know it instantly.Unfortunately they are extremely rare,and getting more rare by the day due to scrappers not being aware of what they have.Fortunately the mainfraims they come from are still very much in use these days and still worth tens of thousands of dollars as a usable computer.So there are still many out there,but not many that are not in service.
 
thanks for the link phil!

the picture was borrowed from another website but i am guessing is the actual cpu... and and mic how come you're so knowlegeable about these cpus?

alan
 
hfywc said:
and mic how come you're so knowlegeable about these cpus?
I could fill 2 pages with the info I have on them,but the last thing I want is more competition to buy them,so I keep most of the info under my hat.... :mrgreen:
 
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