Swapmeet finds! Neat VIA and some Motorola chips, gold!

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PostPosted: Sun May 20, 2007 3:02 pm    Post subject: Swapmeet finds! Neat VIA and some Motorola chips, gold! Reply with quote

Just sharing my finds from the Swapmeet- I got a IBM board with a neat metal chip on it, and a vintage 4-pack of Motorola chips, with gold tops on em, and gold pins. Also, all the other transistors/3-pinned components have gold as well, and the PCB's top seems to be golden.

I think the find of the day is the "Processor Upgrade" by Evergreen.
Inside was a VIA chip, with a very interesting green board soldered underneath it. The whole thing was shrink-wrapped, I opened up and unsealed it myself!

Can anybody point a value at the stuff, as far as rarity?
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PostPosted: Sun May 20, 2007 5:24 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

the PII Overdrive VIA is very NICE!
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PostPosted: Sun May 20, 2007 9:30 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

Ha, I know!! I have NEVER seen it before!
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PostPosted: Sun May 20, 2007 9:42 pm    Post subject: Reply with quote

any VIA in a box is cool
http://www.cpushack.com/chippics/Boxed/BOX_VIAC3-1GHz.html

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PostPosted: Mon May 21, 2007 9:04 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

But mine is modified, note the green PCB soldered into the pins, with some removed Very Happy
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PostPosted: Mon May 21, 2007 10:01 am    Post subject: Reply with quote

Winchips had same PCB under. I don't collect BOXes beacuse I living in 1 room house lol
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