White Ceramic 6502 for sale with questions
Hi All, I have come to ask for some opinions bout a white 6502 processor that I have acquired. I has a date code 0f 4576 which I believe means the the 45th week of 1976. The problem is that it has 7 broken pins. I have no idea how that happened as this is how it came to me. It looks like it came from an Atari Sprint video game as it had "sprint" written on it in pencil which has been erased. You can still make out a faint outline of the pencil markings if you look closely. I installed it in a machined pin socket to protect the pins so I could attempt to test it with my 6502 tester. I used a CPU tester that a fellow name Molka from Hungary developed as it quickly establishes whether the CPU is dead or alive. Please see here < http://www.cpushack.com/mc680xmcs650x-test-boards-for-sale/> if you want more info. Anyway, by contacting the stubs of the missing pins to the machined pin socket, the device passes the tests so it is a functional unit. So here lies the dilemma, since I want to sell it, do I repair it or sell it as is? I have similar gold IC legs from other bad vintage chips so my repair would consist of leaving the chip in the machined pin socket and tack soldering spare gold legs on the stubs and touching up with gold plating solution if desired. So I guess the question is in preparation for sale, your opinions on whether to repair it or leave it as-is and let the buyer repair it? Here is a link to some pics of the CPU < https://1drv.ms/f/s!AoxC-mzikoIghU-LUkQUKebT0Vdm> BTW, I would like to keep the sale local/face to face as I know these are pretty rare and would hate to lose it in the mail. I am in Northern NJ. So if anyone is interested please let me know as I am accepting offers. I am reluctant to set a price because know how rare the are fully intact but don't know with the broken pins. Regards, Jeff
On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 3:48 PM Jeff G via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
So I guess the question is in preparation for sale, your opinions on whether to repair it or leave it as-is and let the buyer repair it?
Here is a link to some pics of the CPU < https://1drv.ms/f/s!AoxC-mzikoIghU-LUkQUKebT0Vdm>
In my humble and uneducated opinion. I think you would make more money repairing it then leaving it as is. Most people I know who buy ceramic 6502s are buying them for early machines who have newer CPUs. I don't find too many people buying early 6502s just as a collectable on their own. Thats not to say that there are no CPU collectors. I have a small collection. I'm not that active in the CPU scene. I'm just saying that based on people I have talked to, most are looking for them for an Apple 1, KIM or other build restoration.
Agreed. i would pay much less for a stand-alone chip for a collection then a working chip for a restoration. On Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 10:41 AM Christian Liendo via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
On Wed, Jan 23, 2019 at 3:48 PM Jeff G via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
So I guess the question is in preparation for sale, your opinions on whether to repair it or leave it as-is and let the buyer repair it?
Here is a link to some pics of the CPU < https://1drv.ms/f/s!AoxC-mzikoIghU-LUkQUKebT0Vdm>
In my humble and uneducated opinion.
I think you would make more money repairing it then leaving it as is. Most people I know who buy ceramic 6502s are buying them for early machines who have newer CPUs. I don't find too many people buying early 6502s just as a collectable on their own.
Thats not to say that there are no CPU collectors. I have a small collection. I'm not that active in the CPU scene.
I'm just saying that based on people I have talked to, most are looking for them for an Apple 1, KIM or other build restoration.
Hi Christian, Thanks for your opinion, which is the way I was leaning (to repair) but I actually accepted an offer from a list member yesterday to buy it as-Is which I accepted. I should have updated this post last night but I did not get to it. Regards, Jeff
In my humble and uneducated opinion.
I think you would make more money repairing it then leaving it as is. Most people I know who buy ceramic 6502s are buying them for early machines who have newer CPUs. I don't find too many people buying early 6502s just as a collectable on their own.
Thats not to say that there are no CPU collectors. I have a small collection. I'm not that active in the CPU scene.
I'm just saying that based on people I have talked to, most are looking for them for an Apple 1, KIM or other build restoration.
Congrats on the sale, i'm glad it is going to a good home. On Fri, Jan 25, 2019 at 10:56 AM Jeff G via vcf-midatlantic < vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> wrote:
Hi Christian, Thanks for your opinion, which is the way I was leaning (to repair) but I actually accepted an offer from a list member yesterday to buy it as-Is which I accepted. I should have updated this post last night but I did not get to it. Regards, Jeff
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