[sdiy] Old ICs: Identify, Value, FS

[Colin Hinz]

On Tue, 15 Oct 2013, Andre Majorel wrote:

> On 2013-10-14 16:01 -0400, Nathanael King wrote:
>
>> I have a mess of stuff I bought from an older fellow getting out of
>> his electronics business. The one scope I got made the two dragging
>> carloads worth it, but I'm left with a mess of stuff.
>> http://www.paperproductsmusic.com/images/oldic.zip
>
> They look like logic chips, mostly from the second half of the
> seventies. EPROMs, 8080 processors... The SMC COM2502 are UARTs
> (think RS-232). The chips with the golden lids intrigue me.
> Never seen that "TTY" marking before.
>
> None of these are very likely to be useful in new projects. Main
> use I see for them these days is repairing digital equipment
> from that era. Do you know any retrocomputing fans in your area ?

A few years back I sold a bunch of antique PROMs and logic ICs on
eBay. I got a pretty good return, though the best payoff was when
a slot machine repairer got in a bidding war with a telco repair
tech.

So yeah, my recommendation would be to take them to eBay and see
what kind of payoff you'll get.

- Colin