HOLY HUGE BOARD w/ CPUS

[oldgoldman]

Look at these massive intergraph boards. 2 feet long and over 8 lbs / pc. Never seen such a populated board. Imagining my i-Phone has more CPU power though.

 

[MMFJ]

iPhone has a lot more processing power, but not nearly as much GOLD!

Nice find!

 

[oldgoldman]

Plus I pulled Motorola and misc Gold cap ceramics before this picture. Those might be good ones in a frame on the wall or table top .. Best Regards ..

 

[oldgoldman]

Here is the interesting mix of chips off the boards. Couple of new ones to me ..

 

[MMFJ]

Here is the interesting mix of chips off the boards. Couple of new ones to me ..

All nice! I wondered about where they all went - extra-super-great that you got them!

That one on the bottom left is a 'no pin' processor (typically 186 or 286) and glondor collects them - you might want to PM him for a good price.

The rest of them, I've done a bit with the Motorola ones and ICs - all are good yield stuff (though, of course, if you don't believe that, I'm happy to take them off your hands - I'll even pay shipping! :roll:

 

[NobleMetalWorks]

If you look on eBay, under vintage computing, you can get an idea of what the older collectable chips sell for. There is an entire sub culture of people who not only collect the old chips, but also put them back to use in older electronics. A good friend of mine is always looking for the memory boards, for example, that go into old standup video games. Whenever I find older chips in material I get, I check the prices and sell them to collectors if at all possible. These people are actively preserving our computing past and retaining the history, plus you can make a little more than if you processed them many times.

Scott

 

[oldgoldman]

I actually owe several responses to collectors on the forum who have expressed interest in some of my older chips. I plan on checking with them and the collector market first before they go. Thanks..

Here are some oddball chips that are collecting dust. One of the legs on the 64 PIN TMS chip is bent, but not broken.

 

[Smack]

Have seen quite a few boards like that in my time but are very scarce any more unless you find a hoarder.