[sdiy] Weird hobby of the week: Chip-colecting!

[John L Marshall]

Western Digital made a four chip set version of the PDP-11 maybe a better 
choice but not much better.

Take care,
John

Pacific Northwest Synth Meeting September 25, 2004
----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Jay Schwichtenberg" <jays at aracnet.com>
To: <synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl>
Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 4:18 PM
Subject: RE: [sdiy] Weird hobby of the week: Chip-colecting!


> Speaking of such things has me wondering.
>
> Does anyone have any of those PDP-8s on a chip they want to sell for 
> cheap?
>
> Think they were made by Intersil.
>
> Thanks
> Jay S.
>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
>> [mailto:owner-synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl]On Behalf Of Daniel Araya
>> Sent: Friday, February 25, 2005 3:35 AM
>> To: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
>> Subject: [sdiy] Weird hobby of the week: Chip-colecting!
>>
>>
>> It's friday so I thought I'll share something amusing:
>>
>> http://www.antiquetech.com/
>>
>>
>> My favourite quotes:
>>
>> "There is a general debate in the collecting community as to which is
>> better, individual chips or mounted chips."
>>
>> "Pulled or desoldered chips are a fact of life in chip collecting."
>>
>> "Carefully pulled chips can be aesthetically very pleasing.
>>
>> "The Common Chip Grading Methodology (CCGM) provides for a 100 point
>> scale, not dissimilar to coin grading."
>>
>>
>> The funniest part is the collector archetypes page decribing the
>> conflicts and relationships between different types of chip-collectors!
>> http://www.antiquetech.com/hobby/Collection%20Archetypes.htm
>>
>>
>> I think it's good that people guard our technological heritage but
>> sometimes it goes a _bit_ too far... :)
>>
>>
>> /d
>>
>