Hey Bob! That's a generous offer! I'm not 100% sure when I'll get out to the museum next, so I'd love to have some of those tubes. I have 2 main 'width' chips I'd like to store -- 4k-16k RAM chips (DIP 16), and some eeproms/custom atari chips -- which are wider, and ~ 40 pins. I'm guessing that's 7.62mm and 15.24mm wide. I'd like to store ~ 10 of the bigger chips, and probably 30-40 of the smaller. John Heritage 201 Hawthorn Rd King of Prussia, PA 19406 Let me know how much to paypal and I'll send it over.. Greatly appreciated! :) John On Sat, Feb 24, 2018 at 8:02 PM, Bob Applegate via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
I will be bringing dozens of chip tubes to VCF East to give-away. If you need some before then, email me and I’ll give them away for the price of shipping. I’m using about 1000 chips a year and give away the excess tubes.
Bob
On Feb 24, 2018, at 3:27 PM, corey cohen via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Antistatic foam deteriorates and turns to goo over time, also most 3d printer plastic is not antistatic.
Get antistatic chip tubes. They will be marked “anti-static”. Be careful IC sockets are typically shipped in tubes that are not antistatic and so they won’t be marked that way. So get the right tubes.
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On Feb 24, 2018, at 2:03 PM, John Heritage via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vintagecomputerfederation.org> wrote:
Hi folks,
A "noob" question --
I have some old ICs -- custom chips, RAM, etc.. that I'd like to properly store.
Is storing these in antistatic foam and in a (3D printed) plastic drawer of some kind OK? should i be buying/using IC Chip tubes instead?
What's the best way to get reasonably priced supplies for safely storing vintage chips?
Thanks! John