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PostPosted: Wed Mar 25, 2020 7:10 pm    Post subject: POLL: Show your INS MCS-4 White or Purple/Gold top chips Reply with quote

While most of us are sheltering in place during the coronavirus pandemic, I thought it might be a good time to see what variations there are of National Semiconductor MCS-4 chips.
Limited to White or Purple/ Gold cap versions only.
I'll start with two of my rarest examples of the chips:
INS4004D, Large print, Old logo, 36 week 1976
INS4001-P8, Small print, 31 week 1977

Both have Gold pins.

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 25, 2020 8:06 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

INS4004D with silver lid dated 1976 week 38
Pretty rare one

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PostPosted: Wed Mar 25, 2020 8:50 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

CPUShack wrote:
INS4004D with silver lid dated 1976 week 38
Pretty rare one

And it's nice eye-candy! Wink

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PostPosted: Fri Mar 27, 2020 3:17 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Not a rare one but hope that someone will like it.
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 27, 2020 3:26 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

forget to put the back. Interesting it said it's "71 DAD" LOL.
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 27, 2020 7:13 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I never see such exposed underneath of these vintage DIP package style Surprised
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 27, 2020 7:44 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Should it be made on week 33 year 1975?

Quite early 4001 if so.
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PostPosted: Fri Mar 27, 2020 10:31 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

bccwchan wrote:
Should it be made on week 33 year 1975?

Quite early f4001 if so.

Yes, the earliest date so far and has bottom brazed pins.

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PostPosted: Fri Apr 03, 2020 11:51 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

INS4004D, Old logo w. Large print, 1976 week 38
INS4004D, new logo, Small print, 1977 week 10

Both chips have Silver steel pins.

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PostPosted: Thu Sep 02, 2021 8:11 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

I bought 2kg of scrap for 5 euro locally, and I found a few INS4001 DNG/D with ground strap, unfortunately all are chipped, but I can't complain for the price I paid Wink
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PostPosted: Thu Sep 02, 2021 11:47 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

cvandijk wrote:
I bought 2kg of scrap for 5 euro locally, and I found a few INS4001 DNG/D with ground strap, unfortunately all are chipped, but I can't complain for the price I paid Wink



lol very well done!

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