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skold
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 Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2005 4:14 am Post subject: opinion - cpu collection auction |
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i was thinking, instead of selling individual cpus, or just a bunch of random cpus, about selling a collection of cpus, like so:
i dont think anyone here would be terribly interested in it (well, maybe for 1 or two chips) but i figure something like that might go for a nice price.. i might even go to the trouble of putting it in some kind of display case, like a coin collection..
i dont know if its worth bothering with though.. i dont see anything like this on ebay now, so i guess it'd be somewhat new thing to try? |
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Mixeur
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I've already seen this kind of thing.
It was, i think, an official box from intel, with a 286 PGA, a 386DX, a 486DX and a Pentium. All core were apparent.
It was on ebay.fr and the auction started à 50€ (if i remember well). I don't know if it was sold but when i saw it, there was no bid. |
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CPUShack
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I like the idea really, and if it were framed (like a shadow box) I may get one.
It youd be best with a 8086 instead of a 8088 though and probably a 80186.
I'd pay $40-$50 or so for something like that
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skold
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| Posted: Sun Mar 27, 2005 12:17 pm Post subject: |
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yea, i dont have an 8086 or 186 though so i couldnt put them in this 'sample collection' 
i also dont have spares for most of those, and i dont want to sell my only ones.. so ill need to gather spares.
what do you think would be a good collection? maybe stop at the pentium pro... the socket 7 pentiums are like a plague, and the pentium 2 isnt that interesting either..
8086.. 80186.. 80286.. 386.. 486 dx.. 486 sx.. 486 dx2.. 486 dx4.. pentium, pentium pro? |
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CPUShack
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| Quote: | | 8086.. 80186.. 80286.. 386.. 486 dx.. 486 sx.. 486 dx2.. 486 dx4.. pentium, pentium pro |
I'd add a Pentium MMX and that would be about it.
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wepwawet
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| Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2005 4:30 am Post subject: |
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you should add a p or d 8080, they are not really expensive and increase the value for collecting beginners - as they don't have the experience to get them outside ebay.
Steve Emery sold a couple of Collections (4004 - Pentium) years ago and got some good prices. Now He is the "Master of Displayed chip auctions" - have a look for chipscapes. Very professional work - I could not make it for those prices. |
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gshv
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| Posted: Mon Mar 28, 2005 10:27 pm Post subject: |
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| skold wrote: | | i was thinking, instead of selling individual cpus, or just a bunch of random cpus, about selling a collection of cpus, like so: |
I sold from 10 to 15 processor Intel sets in the past. They usually sell better than separate chips, I may even start doing it again. I'd recommend to add 80186 and/or 80188 to the set. Adding x87 co-processors may also help.
| skold wrote: | | i dont know if its worth bothering with though.. i dont see anything like this on ebay now, so i guess it'd be somewhat new thing to try? |
You certainly missed my old auctions Steve Emery (antiquetech.com and now chipscapes.com) now sells sets in very nice display cases. There is another guy who also sells the set in a display case. I think he was selling them for at least two years.
| wepwawet wrote: | | you should add a p or d 8080, they are not really expensive and increase the value for collecting beginners - as they don't have the experience to get them outside ebay. |
Once I tried to sell the set with 8080/8085 processors, it didn't work very well. My guess is that beginner collectors don't know that 8080/8085 chips are more valuable than 8086/8088/80188/etc CPUs.
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wepwawet
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Gennadiy, you may be right,
new collectors maybe didn't ever hear about a 80186/80188.
So what, our guess bases on single events on ebay - and those, we all know, differ very much (like I'm curious about the ending of my actual auctions - but I don't want to stay online until 2 AM.
Take good chips, make a good description, have luck and you get good money to spend again for chips that ....
Have a good night! |
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Mixeur
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gshv
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Wow, what a nice kit! And those unmarked 80486 processors are cool too. I just bought it
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skold
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| Posted: Thu Apr 14, 2005 4:22 pm Post subject: |
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| ive been looking for a pentium like that one for a while, if youre only interested in the 486s |
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I have some P60 for trade, with and with removed heatsink.
I can open the lid to make the die visible too.
It is just extremely difficult at PPro, they have a ceramic lid...
No idea what they are worth it |
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skold
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| Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 6:36 am Post subject: |
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im mostly looking for one of the original pentiums with 'processor' in the logo, like the one in the second picture
how do you remove the lid? ive got a metric ton of 486s and wouldnt mind sacrificing one to that cause. ive tried before thoguh to no avail. someone told me boiling would work, but all that did was make it sterile and clean.
fire also didnt work 
although i only had a lighter. heh |
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metalmaker
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Skold said | Quote: | | how do you remove the lid? |
I have done it before with a heat gun. The kind often used for paint removal. It is a hair dryer on steroids. You can also use the type of butane or propane torch used to sweat copper pipe used for plumbing. Could probably use a gas stove too if you have one. Boiling water does not get hot enough to melt the solder holding on the lid. Your lighter is hot enough but not enough flame to keep whole lid hot.
see this link: http://www.cpu-info.com/index2.php?mainid=html/artic/cookingpro.php
MM
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gshv
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| Posted: Fri Apr 15, 2005 10:59 pm Post subject: |
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| skold wrote: | | ive been looking for a pentium like that one for a while, if youre only interested in the 486s |
I can't tell right now, I need to get the processors first.
BTW - Mixeur, thanks a lot for the link!
Gennadiy |
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