[vcf-midatlantic] OT: How to store old ICs?

[John Heritage]

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 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
>
>