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Neon_WA
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and for reference.. a pic at 20X
again picture taken at 1280 x 960 (1.3MP) and cropped to 600 x 400 (no reduction in image resolution)
the die is 2.5mm x 1.75mm
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Vlasta
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| Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 4:43 am Post subject: |
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any idea on the device by any chance?
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Neon_WA
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| Posted: Tue Jun 12, 2012 4:48 am Post subject: |
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| Vlasta wrote: | | any idea on the device by any chance? |
Not at this time.. but that is why I have been picking any type of chips (CPU or not) to build a database of die images to chips
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Vlasta
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| Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2012 4:30 am Post subject: Cheapo USB 'scope - look at these!! |
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HI - just started playing about with a $40 USB 2MP scope I bought on eBay - look at these shots of the nCube wafers I bought from Robev
I must say I am pleasantly surprised!!
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| Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2012 4:34 am Post subject: |
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certainly not bad for $40 
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Robev
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| Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2012 5:48 am Post subject: |
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1989 Looks like the price of my nCube wafers just went up 
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| Posted: Fri Jul 27, 2012 7:42 am Post subject: |
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| Nice pics! What kind of microscope did you buy? |
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silice
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| Posted: Sat Jul 28, 2012 4:49 pm Post subject: |
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Hi
Nice pictiures what is your scope?
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kosmokrator
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| Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2012 6:57 am Post subject: |
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So nice pics with little Sh@t? .....
im interested i think  |
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Vlasta
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| Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2012 6:57 am Post subject: |
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| Robev wrote: | | 1989 Looks like the price of my nCube wafers just went up |
They are such a part of computing history that they should interest any collector of such things so I cannot see why they are not selling at 90 bucks a pop - I would have thought they are worth multiple times this amount.
Anyways one of the shots definitely confirms the manufacture date as 1989 putting it firmly in the nCube version 2 camp in my opinion - I cannot get the microscope steady or focused enough to count the lines in the address bus which would really clinch it for me as a version 2 (32 bit address bus) but I think it almost definitely is.
I used the lights from the microscope itself and also an LED torchlight from the side - this combination seemed to give the best result!!
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Robev
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| Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2012 6:58 am Post subject: Re: This one - is my scope |
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Yes I would be keen.......Cheers
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Vlasta
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I did a quick search - I can get a batch of 10 for around 28 bucks each plus postage - anywhere worldwide airmail should be about 5 bucks. Anyways lets see if enough people interested then I can do the buy!!!
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| Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2012 7:04 am Post subject: |
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| ok thnx ,,,let us Know |
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Vlasta
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| Posted: Sun Jul 29, 2012 7:06 am Post subject: |
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Should I post on group buys page?
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