Gotbout EEPROM? Or something else

[CPUShack]

Bought it on eBay on a whim.

Whats with the Gold pins and G prefix on a EEPROM?

[gmphillips3]

Intel used the 'G' prefix starting with the 2716 on CerDIP EPROMs with gold pins. The 'G' stands for 'Gold' pins.

The 'G' prefix Godbout chips were produced way before the 2764A
and the Godbout chips would not have had an Intel logo on them.

The only two Godbout chips I know of are the Godbout G8008 and the Godbout G2102

Here's some info on Godbout chips from my book:

"Ray Stevens (founder of RGS Electronics and creator of the RGS-008, subject of the first hardware review in Byte Vol 1:1) hung out with Bill Godbout and Mike Quinn in the early '70s. They were all chasing Silicon Valley surplus for resale. Ray bought a chip printer and printed the G8008 designation on the original blank 8008 culls that Godbout pulled from Intel's discards".

[CPUShack]

ahh so nothing too special
ANy idea of value? for trade.

[gmphillips3]

Well, it's not a common chip.

There's only about 100 showing up in stock around the world on netcomponents as opposed to say something like an Intel P8080A
where there's thousands still showing in stock.

The one in the photo looks really nice. No scuffs or scratches. Most of the 100 still in stock are probably not in that good of a condition.

I would say it's collector value is around $5-$20 in good to like new condition, maybe a little more. Maybe twice that if two collectors
wanted it and were bidding against each other on EBAY for it.

FYI. The last EPROM in my guide is the 2732A. The 2764A was too new
to be considered a "vintage" chip as defined in my guide.