Looking for old CPU's

[IndVet]

There's three of us that do computer maintenance work in our office. We're putting together a CPU history board for a bare wall. We're looking for one 286 and one 386 processor to add to it.

Anyone got some old CPU's laying around?

 

[Hobbes]

We're creating a computer museum where I work too.

Don't forget to include a 8" and 5.25" floppy drive as well.

 

[IndVet]

We're creating a computer museum where I work too.

Don't forget to include a 8" and 5.25" floppy drive as well.

We're just doing CPU's for now. We still have boxes of 5 1/4's sitting around. We STILL deliver some of our software on 3 1/2's.

 

[10bird]

Don't forget to hunt down a 387 math coprocessor.

 

[kd5rjz]

I'll look and see if I have a spare.

The hardest one for me to find was the 80186. I got a couple out of some old Telex workstations.

 

[Cinaet]

I may have an old Shugart 5.25" 5mb (that's not a typo and it's double height weighing about 4 pounds) hard drive if you want it. I can't remember whether or not I threw it away, but I'll climb up into the attic and look if it's something you can use.

 

[sh00ter]

off topic a bit, but I have 2 Pentium Pros and the entire backside looks like a decent amount of 24ct gold...anyone know how much gold is in Pentium Pros?

 

[fustigate]

off topic a bit, but I have 2 Pentium Pros and the entire backside looks like a decent amount of 24ct gold...anyone know how much gold is in Pentium Pros?

The pins are only plated (since electrons only flow on the near surface). So, for a pound of CPUs, ~4-5 g. Or, about $0.06 per CPU. With the chemical supplies and equipment cost, plus the time, this doesn't hardly seem worth it. Unless you're in a third-world country fortunate enough to take e-trash from first-world countries.

 

[okmods]

I have an original IBM 5150 with the 200 pound metal keyboard and the 4.77 MHz 8088 CPU... but it's staying on the circuit board

 

[okietom]

Would you want a Superdisk drive? I used to work for 3M/Imation in Weatherford making all of those different diskettes. I can't believe that I don't have some 8" ones or even 5 1/4".

I worked on the 8" line for several years. Then I worked in the coating area and had part in all of them.