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DougD720
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 Posted: Tue Oct 09, 2007 10:00 pm Post subject: How Do you Store Your Collections? |
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Just wondering, i have a few CPU's and i actually am going to college and getting a degree in computer engineering and probably after that a PhD in the same field, i want to design Microprocessors for a career and i love the little guys, just wondering how to best store them.
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FDIV
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| That is a very good question. I know some of the guys prefer piles on tables. Others I have seen have made innovative storage drawers out of wood. I currently use a tool chest. I have been thinking allot about this recently though. Although this might be fine for most of the chips a few of my 100+ dollar irreplaceables seem undeserved just sitting loose in there. Also I am always scared to take them out to handle, display or show people because they are so fragile. I have been thinking it might be worth looking into having plastic cases fabricated similar to those that protect valuable baseball cards. like the one below. There are quite a few collectors now and I reason we might be able to get cases made for a reasonable cost if we ordered enough of them. This winter when I am off I plan to look into this and report but for now how many folks would be interested in a plastic two piece case to safely hold socket 5/7/360 etc. chips at $5.00. I know I would want at least 6 myself. $5.00 would be a small price to pay to protect my Pentium es. |
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Marcin
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fdiv your store method is a very expensive but nice looking and practical. I saw one tool box like that here for about 700 USD.
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isa-d
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| Made from IKEA? |
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Cpuswe
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| isa-d wrote: | | Made from IKEA? |
Nope. I think its "professional" architect furniture.
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Marcin
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| isa-d wrote: | | Made from IKEA? |
IKEA have nothing similar to these "cabinets" for sale ... at least one year ago when I got mine. I tried to buy something similar to Simmayor's but without success. If you want not so expensive but practical and in defined dimensions then you must go to wood workshop.
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| Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 5:52 pm Post subject: build myself ;-) |
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have a look at this....
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FDIV
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| Posted: Sat Oct 13, 2007 9:12 pm Post subject: |
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| beautiful display, fabulous lighting. |
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el_gecko
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| Posted: Sun Oct 14, 2007 5:03 am Post subject: Re: build myself ;-) |
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| naked1300 wrote: | | have a look at this.... |
Some difficulties to store Slot cartridges? 
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skold
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mine are stuffed in a box  i had to pack them to move and i havent unpacked them ;/ |
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| I wish I had known those dual/quad PPro boards were anything special- I had 4 of them and then were tossed! |
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| FDIV wrote: | | I have been thinking it might be worth looking into having plastic cases fabricated similar to those that protect valuable baseball cards. like the one below. There are quite a few collectors now and I reason we might be able to get cases made for a reasonable cost if we ordered enough of them. This winter when I am off I plan to look into this and report but for now how many folks would be interested in a plastic two piece case to safely hold socket 5/7/360 etc. chips at $5.00. I know I would want at least 6 myself. $5.00 would be a small price to pay to protect my Pentium es. |
Because the humidity where i live is quite high (usually 50-70%),i currently use CPU tray to store my ES chips in the anti-humidity-box (dont know what exactly in english, i mean that one design to store camera lens etc)
i have been looking for something like this one (baseball card plastic case)
too.
if the price is suitable (and if the shipping fee is ok), i might need 20...
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Chiefish
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Heres mine in a wooden frame i built and padded with some industrial esd foam i found.  |
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Qwerty
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| Posted: Sat Mar 01, 2008 5:33 pm Post subject: |
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| I store my collection in small boxes padded with ESD foam. |
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