8008 chips

[Doc Shipley]

Dave McGuire wrote:
> On Dec 15, 2008, at 12:03 PM, Doc Shipley wrote:
>>   First, I know approximately nothing about old Intel chips, so 
>> forgive any incoherence.
>>
>>   A friend of mine just came across a couple of Intel 8008 chips. 
>> Apparently, some ebay sellers think they're solid gold.
>>
>> http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=260099837541
>>
>>   As far as we can tell, that's what Mel has.
>>
>>   Anyway, I told him I'd try to find out what it's actually worth and 
>> whether anyone here is willing to pay whatever's reasonable.
>>
>>   He also has some later 8008s without the gold cap.
> 
>   They're worth $100 absolute max in my opinion, probably half that.  
> The eBay seller is smoking crack.

   Well that was a given.  :)

   Hence, "what they're actually worth"


	Doc