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10-18-2012, 11:26 PM
Blue

Eprom's

Thanks for readin mah post. So I have been reading threads on Eproms (IC's with windows I believe) and their seems to be some speculation on their value vs normal IC chips. Here are some pictures of Eproms and IC's in their original tubing, I have hundreds of these tubes (I have no idea why I didn't take pictures of the various chips inside the tubing instead of just the tubes, epic fail):

http://i1076.photobucket.com/albums/...psf2767fbd.jpg

A very large bucket:
http://i1076.photobucket.com/albums/...ps4ef91d9f.jpg

My question revolves around their price, are they worth more than regular IC chips, the ones with silver and gold windows?
Here is a picture of some with gold windows, I have tubes of these:

http://i1076.photobucket.com/albums/...psf603676a.jpg

The most related thread I found was http://www.scrapmetalforum.com/elect...-ic-chips.html but it wasn't the only one, there are several "Eprom" threads but information per their value seems ambigous and virtually non-existent, any buyers care to comment? I checked Ebay, their price has a large fluctuation, I wanted to see what others thought.

Thanks
10-18-2012, 11:50 PM
Bear

why are they in tubes, and how many is in each tube ?
10-18-2012, 11:54 PM
Mechanic688

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Originally Posted by Bear

why are they in tubes, and how many is in each tube ?

If you bought them originally from a distributor then they shipped them in those tubes to keep the legs straight.
10-19-2012, 12:40 AM
ctscrapping

If those are tubes of unused ic chips, I believe I remember reading a post of a buyer on here that was looking for those and paying more then scrap value. Possibly check the buyers page.
10-19-2012, 12:48 AM
Mechanic688

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Originally Posted by ctscrapping

If those are tubes of unused ic chips, I believe I remember reading a post of a buyer on here that was looking for those and paying more then scrap value. Possibly check the buyers page.

Are you thinking of this posting??
http://www.scrapmetalforum.com/scrap...st-prices.html
10-19-2012, 01:37 AM
Bear

Quote:

Originally Posted by Mechanic688

If you bought them originally from a distributor then they shipped them in those tubes to keep the legs straight.

those tubes are three foot long, and the chips are two inches ? I bought a similar chip once, and it came in a small package
10-19-2012, 06:08 PM
happyscraper

So does anyone know the scrap value of these eproms? I have some like the ones in the last pic. and also have some that are thinner and longer and have a long window on them. Some are gold and some are silver. Should I keep these seprate from the solid black ones?
10-19-2012, 08:26 PM
Bear

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Originally Posted by happyscraper

So does anyone know the scrap value of these eproms? I have some like the ones in the last pic. and also have some that are thinner and longer and have a long window on them. Some are gold and some are silver. Should I keep these seprate from the solid black ones?

Send those ones to me, they definitely need to be quaranteened!
10-19-2012, 08:33 PM
Bear

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