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| How many chips do you have in youre collection? |
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4% |
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4% |
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14% |
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36% |
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12% |
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30% |
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chip68
Joined: 19 Oct 2004
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| iguana_kiev wrote: | | IMHO we are talking about CPU\FPU\MCUs ... may be + UVEPROM and peripheral |
Perhaps, but the poll says chips, not CPUs - and what comprises a "collection" is up to the collector. Microprocessors wouldn't even exist without the decade's worth of commercial ICs that came before them. Bob Noyce's most important contribution to the world of computing wasn't co-founding Intel, it was extending the planar process, developed at Fairchild, to interconnect multiple transistors on a single die. Hence, the thousands of chips I have with pre-1971 date codes.
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Chiefish
Joined: 23 Sep 2007
Posts: 2153
Location: Northwest N.J. U.S.A
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| Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 5:53 am Post subject: |
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Well since i do collect more than just CPUs i was also including memory, proms,flatpacks, bit slice, ect. I am amazed at what some of you have here, i dont even want to know how long its taken to accumulate these large collections, and how much money has been spent. But keep up the great work everyone 
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iguana
Joined: 24 Apr 2007
Posts: 2456
Location: Ottawa, Canada
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I know personally here in Ukraine extremely experienced man who collect CMOS chips only.
He started to collect in 197x... and now has about 40 000 CMOS chips.
So... if he post here he will be the best 
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cocoe
Joined: 06 Aug 2005
Posts: 499
Location: Europea Union
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| Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 7:19 pm Post subject: |
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I started my collection in 2003 with a Pentium 166 MMX, but many old laptops (including CPU) I collect. I am supporting IT at work and relatively easy to access computers with same CPU and model  , but eBay and this forum offered a wide opportunity to other CPUs.
I have around 1650 different CPUs and 900 are Intel, FPUs only 50 and other like MCUs EPROMS, etc have 120.
I am focused on Intel with different sSpec code and mainly socket 370 (easy to find now) but promises to grow !!!
Recently I dissarmed two AS/400 and CPUs are not pulled-off from boards because I will preserve processors in boards.
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jrmunro
Joined: 01 Feb 2003
Posts: 3149
Location: Vancouver, Canada
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I have just over 2500. I started in 1997. I collect CPU, FPU, BSP and certain brands of MCU`s.
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CPUShack
Joined: 16 Jun 2003
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Location: State of Jefferson, USA
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smithy
Joined: 27 Apr 2008
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Location: Sydney, Australia
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Now that would be a seriously overwhelming task. OK, who's volunteering to give it a go?? You would become a chip collecting legend...
Or one better - all date codes! |
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hugo929
Joined: 27 Oct 2006
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Location: China
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| Posted: Mon Aug 25, 2008 10:28 pm Post subject: |
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chip collecting eats a lots of money. so now i just collect some specific categories, but this may vary in future as man's feeling and interests vary as well.
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faber
Joined: 18 Dec 2006
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Location: Poznan, Poland
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| Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 3:34 pm Post subject: |
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| This guy counts in kilograms |
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Windmiller
Joined: 24 Jun 2005
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Location: Chapel Hill, NC
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| Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 3:42 pm Post subject: |
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| hugo929 wrote: | | chip collecting eats a lots of money. so now i just collect some specific categories, but this may vary in future as man's feeling and interests vary as well. |
I am the same way...
Collect IBM and Nexgen for the first 2 years
Then started collecting Intel samples
Then started collecting AMD K6 with I marking ( because I think they are IBM made)
Then starting collecting foreign made clones
Now I am starting to collecting Pentiums
I don't know how you guys that collect all X86 do it. I spent alot of money just on IBM and Intel samples. I cannot imagine collecting all X86. Must be fun though |
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andamus
Joined: 06 Dec 2004
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| Posted: Fri Aug 29, 2008 3:44 pm Post subject: |
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| Windmiller wrote: | | hugo929 wrote: | | chip collecting eats a lots of money. so now i just collect some specific categories, but this may vary in future as man's feeling and interests vary as well. |
I am the same way...
Collect IBM and Nexgen for the first 2 years
Then started collecting Intel samples
Then started collecting AMD K6 with I marking ( because I think they are IBM made)
Then starting collecting foreign made clones
Now I am starting to collecting Pentiums
I don't know how you guys that collect all X86 do it. I spent alot of money just on IBM and Intel samples. I cannot imagine collecting all X86. Must be fun though |
And there is someone so mad to collect every cpu made not just X86 ..... |
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wepwawet
Joined: 18 Mar 2004
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Location: Seligenstadt - Germany
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What about all cpus but x86?
Lol
No, precise all chips up to 16 Bit and peripherals.
So 4004 as well as 2901 or a mostek 4008 RAM are interesting like a 68000-4.
Of course everything strange ...
And older types like tubes and flat pack chips.
X86 are too new at my opinion.
Therefor I do not throw them away but from time to time I offer them here or as scrap on ebay.
The good thing is, as long as collecting chips has its own variations we will not outbid each other;-) |
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Windmiller
Joined: 24 Jun 2005
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| wepwawet wrote: | What about all cpus but x86?
Lol
No, precise all chips up to 16 Bit and peripherals.
So 4004 as well as 2901 or a mostek 4008 RAM are interesting like a 68000-4.
Of course everything strange ...
And older types like tubes and flat pack chips.
X86 are too new at my opinion.
Therefor I do not throw them away but from time to time I offer them here or as scrap on ebay.
The good thing is, as long as collecting chips has its own variations we will not outbid each other;-) |
Good point, in fact I am starting to get interested in the pre X86 chips...ohhhh noooooooo. I have never cared about money but if I was rich I would work on a IC museum as my lifes work....and of course hire all of you guys |
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faber
Joined: 18 Dec 2006
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Location: Poznan, Poland
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I also seriously thinking about collecting cpus < x86
Now I buy only pre x86 chips. All others ... to heavy |
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wepwawet
Joined: 18 Mar 2004
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Location: Seligenstadt - Germany
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| Hehe! Windmiller, if I was rich I'd start my own scrapyard and would be digging the whole day for good stuff for OUR museum:-) |
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