[vcf-midatlantic] OT: How to store old ICs?
Bill Degnan
billdegnan at gmail.com
Sat Feb 24 20:58:15 EST 2018
I have a number of the plastic drawers labeled for standard nothing fancy
TTL chips and ICs. For rare or valuable chips I use whatever makes sense,
including clipped ic tubes, long term high quality foam like the kind one
would use to repair keytronics keyboards, but mostly small parts trays and
shelf/segmented boxes with lots of segmented areas. Make sure whatever you
use to avoid anything that would deliver a charge or pickup static.
Legs jiat like any elecrronics will get corroded over time if you store in
cold wet places, exposed to take, glue, decomposing foam.
On Feb 24, 2018 8:03 PM, "Bob Applegate via vcf-midatlantic" <
vcf-midatlantic at 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 at 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.
> >
> > corey cohen
> > uǝɥoɔ ʎǝɹoɔ
> >
> >> On Feb 24, 2018, at 2:03 PM, John Heritage via vcf-midatlantic <
> vcf-midatlantic at 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
>
>
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