Info about ourselves...

[sammyc]

A few questions so I can get to know all you guys a little bit better - stuff that isn't below your avatar, and general stuff that interests me..

1. Why do you collect CPU's?

2. What was your first CPU in your collection?

3. How many Chips do you have in your collection

4. What do you collect?

5. How long have you been collecting for?

6. What chip do you long for?

Of course some of these answers will change, so feel free to go back and edit them as time goes by....

[Marcin]

Hehe ok here are answers :

1) Just like it. Kind of hobby.
2) Not remember exactly but I think that was Pentium 60 gold cap
3) Near 600 different units.
4) Only CPUs and FPUs
5) Collect since December 2004
6) C4004

[Mixeur]

And for me :

1) I like collecting & I like cpus, so...
2) An Intel 486DX2-66, found in an old industrial computer in a bin at work...
3) 535 differents cpus today
4) Only x86 CPUs (not FPUs)
5) Collect since beginning 2002
6) C8086

[wepwawet]

1. I like hunting for non-living collectibles - and chips came across the street. No, It happened by chance when I saw the first CDIP with gold lid while searching the junk jard of my company for a usable computer.
2. As a single chip it was that above mentioned chip: a inmos A IMSG171S-35, date code 8805. A totally boring middle-aged ROM chip.
3. never counted but almost all "first-chips" of all manufacturers and frequencies, and as they were made in ceramic also those samples. less than 10 missing, I guess (I didn't start with eastern chips yet, still awaiting slava's pm:-). interesting supportchips and all Intels four-digit-naming-convention-chips (ending with 01 like 1101, 2101, 3101, 3301, 5101) too.
4. Complete computers, boards and chips from the early beginning up to about the first pentiums. But I only spend money for items from the 70ies (exceptions of course possible).
5. I begun in early 2000.
6. As I sold a C4040 ES by mistake (or better beginners stupidness) it would be a great thing to get it back sometimes.

[gmanbc]

1. I collect more than CPUs but started only with them. I started my collecting by pulling CPUs out of upgrades, then I seen some of your collections online and I kind of went nuts with it... Now that I am retiring thing must slow down...

2. My first chip was a pull from an upgrade. I think it was probably from a packard bell packmate and it was a 486SX25.

3. I have just over 900 intel chips.

4. I only collect Intel due to wanting to be able to see some kind of reasonable end to my collection. That is why my site focuses on the 1970s as there are a finite number of chips to be collected.

5. About four years?

6. I have several chips that I long for X8008, G8008, X8080, 8080B, C8080C , 1602, C8035 , and most any chip that I don't have from the 1970s.

[CPUShack]

1. Why do you collect CPU's?
I use to collect coins, but CPU's seemed to be a much better way to go, think about it, CPUs have been around for barely 35 years, so much history in such a short period of time makes collecting them very exciting.

2. What was your first CPU in your collection?
I really dont remember, But I think it was a 8088

3. How many Chips do you have in your collection
I have over 2000 CPU's / EPROM in my collection.

4. What do you collect?
Every CPU, MCU, and FPU, and now have expanded to UV-EPROMs

5. How long have you been collecting for?
I started in 1998 or 1999

6. What chip do you long for?
C4004 Grey, C4004, Cyrix Joshua, Cyrix MII 433 or 466, C1701, National 5203 (white)

[sammyc]

1. Why do you collect CPU's?
I thought I'd be the first when I started, and be able to pioneer such a collecting phenomenon. Apart from that, I have always been interested in PC's, and it seemed appropriate - I'm a bit of a collectomaniac aswell, and it's nice to harness all my energy into one subject.

2. What was your first CPU in your collection?
As I own a computer shop, I had loads of old chis lying around, none were special really - perhaps a texas instruments dx4-100 colour was the best I had back then

3. How many Chips do you have in your collection
To date - 478, nearly part of the 500 club

4. What do you collect?
I collect CPU's, and occasionally FPU's. mostly Intel AMD Cyrix & IBM. I include different stepping codes, voltages, and printings

5. How long have you been collecting for?
Since spring 2004, so coming up to 2 years

6. What chip do you long for?
With out a doubt the IBM PR266 Black top! Oh, and always te rare chip tha nobody else has seen yet...

[skold]

1. boredom
2. amd x5 133
3. ~120
4. anything that looks cool
5. ~3yrs
6. nx686, black k6

[chipcollector]

1. Why do you collect CPU's?

Great investment, fun to collect, and a very informative one at that!

2. What was your first CPU in your collection?

AMD C8080A

3. How many Chips do you have in your collection

Roughly 500, over 1000 in gold cpu's (486's, Pentium 60's, etc)
4. What do you collect?

CPU's, RAM, FPU, basically anything that has potential value. I also collect gold scrap cpu's.

5. How long have you been collecting for?

Less than 1 and a 1/2 years

6. What chip do you long for?

C4040,+ anything that's extremely rare, anything that's extremely rare and at a GOOD PRICE, anything that's extremely rare and FOR FREE, et cetera.

[slava]

1. Why do you collect CPU's?

For fun and to show off with something interesting.

2. What was your first CPU in your collection?

Some 486.

3. How many Chips do you have in your collection

Around 240.

4. What do you collect?

CPU's and FPU's, starting from 8080 era, because I can not lay my hand on anything older than that =) I very much enjoy collecting USSR chips and have many of the kind.

5. How long have you been collecting for?

2 years.

6. What chip do you long for?

1847VM286. That's Soviet 80286 clone. Dunno if I ever find it.

[MrLAPTOP]

1. Why do you collect CPU's?

Nice Chips

2. What was your first CPU in your collection?

Pentium 133

3. How many Chips do you have in your collection

Around 100

4. What do you collect?

CPU's and FPU's only Intel and Motorola

5. How long have you been collecting for?

3 years.

6. What chip do you long for?

C4040; C3002

[gshv]

1. Why do you collect CPU's?

For fun. Wait, maybe it's an obsession... No, definitely for fun.

2. What was your first CPU in your collection?

Plastic 8088 or 8086.

3. How many Chips do you have in your collection

More than 2000.

4. What do you collect?

Primarily CPUs, FPUs and bit-slice processors. I collect microcontrollers and ALU chips - if I can find them cheap.

5. How long have you been collecting for?

Collection was started in February 2002

6. What chip do you long for?

Vintage: C4040, white ceramic MCS6502
Modern: Nexgen 6x86, Winchip 3

Gennadiy

[debs3759]

1. Why do you collect CPU's?
I started out gathering processors to test my CPU ID code on, then realised I had a reasonable collection and decided to build on it.

2. What was your first CPU in your collection?
The one that prompted me to start collecting properly was a TI 486SXL-25 (packaged as a "Make-it 486" 386DX upgrade chip).

3. How many Chips do you have in your collection
22 Jan 2006 update:
115 unique processors plus about 130 duplicates.

4. What do you collect?
Mostly 386/7 and compatible (although I tend to stop at around 1GHz because of price).

5. How long have you been collecting for?
About 4 years, of which only the last few months have been serious.

6. What chip do you long for?
Nx686, RapidCAD, C&T 386 clones, IBM 486BLX/2/3

[Cpuswe]

1. Why do you collect CPU's?

My dad collects stamps and postcards so it´s genetic. No seriously, I'm the business and the pile of cpus at work became a collection.

2. What was your first CPU in your collection?

A Pentium Pro 200 512k.

3. How many Chips do you have in your collection?

275

4. What do you collect?

386 and up to around 1Ghz AMD, Intel, Cyrix,IBM and ST. Anything just looking cool, or is cheap. Also collecting memorabilia from AMD, Intel, Cyrix,IBM and their x86 production. Pens, stickers, pins, keychains and other marketing stuff.

5. How long have you been collecting for?

March -05

6. What chip do you long for?

Pentium 60 ES. Pentium 50 (if it exists) Pentium Pro 133 or ES. White 4004.

[Borris70]

1. Why do you collect CPU's?
Because for complete computer systems my flat is too small. So i decided only to collect the "heart".

2. What was your first CPU in your collection?
A defect Celeron 366 from the company i work for

3. How many Chips do you have in your collection
1575

4. What do you collect?
Mainly CPU & FPU, i have also some support-chips

5. How long have you been collecting for?
Conscious since June 2002 (On this date i registered at grampas cpu-museum.de. He was my first contact to another collector)

6. What chip do you long for?
Intel C8080B, C8086, C8086-4, and many many more