mattcotner....I just had to do it. I desoldered the two chips to check the pins. They do have the gold pins on the bottom so that's a plus. I haven't got a value per lb of those yet.
Parrothead, Bear, Ron22....I am doing as suggested and sending the photos and weights to buyers, I just have to know what breaking them apart will do as a comparison and to let everyone else know.
The two chips I desoldered were from the first board and identical. They weigh .35 oz each so it takes 45 of them to make a lb. This compares to 20 486 chips at .8 oz each. The chip in the pic for size comparison is a 486.
The desoldering was the first time I've ever done it. I heated up the back of the board with my heat gun and they came off very easily with a light pry of a screwdriver. Had both of them off in about a minute.
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