Intel crooked chip markings?

[snuci]

Does crooked chip markings effect the collectability a lot? I don't usually see it this bad but they are genuine.

[CPUShack]

Not rare, but not super common, I have seen some that are even double marked, the printing machine just gets out of wack from time to time

Its one of the reasons they moved to laser etching

[Vlasta]

Two nice CS chips though - that IS collectible!

[rjluna2]

What does 'CS' stands for?

[frag_]

Customer sample.

[rjluna2]

Thanks

[snuci]

Thanks for the replies. It's part of a kit and I'm surprise that a B4702A and a B1702A was mixed together. I guess they used whateveer they had.

[snuci]

One more question. Does the B4702A have an S-Spec number on it? I do apologize for the newbie question but I'm new to vintage chips but not to vintage computers. What exactly is an S-Spec number and doesn't that apply to CPU's only?

Thanks in advance.

[CPUShack]

No it can be on anything, intel used it originally to denote a device thats specs were DIFFERENT form normal in some way. Perhaps more or less testings, diff voltage or timing, or just a customer specific parameter.

So some parts didnt have them, and others did

In the late 1980s they started moving most everything ((non-memory) to having a sspec