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JAC

Joined: 24 Jul 2005
Posts: 3469

Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 2:54 am Post subject:

chiptalk wrote:

Mine is very close to spongiforme's. Not polished.

hmm.... I have not seen polished/unpolished bottom caps on the same type of 486 chip before.

tlccomp

Joined: 11 May 2006
Posts: 1212
Location: Southeast Wisconsin, USA

Posted: Thu Sep 07, 2006 7:56 am Post subject:

JAC wrote:

Interesting.. your bottom cap is not polished like mine.
I am not sure what that triangle means, I have seen it on a few chips... does anyone know?

The "arrow" was a common mark used by "gray market chip brokers" way back when. I've bought a lot of chips in the late 80's and early 90's from brokers and most of them had some kind of ID mark.

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