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    Are these RAM? Old school IBM dot matrix printer

    Got two of these printers and they seem like very good scrap. They are IBM model 5224 Dot Matrix printers. http://www.argecy.com/index.php?p=2138 You got a couple finger cards in each, a 20lb transformer, a nice big electric motor, and some good thick steel.



    So are these RAM? Those two silver things are gold pinned and removable. There is also lots of gold, or copper on some of the boards, anyone have experience with these?

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    I had some and they graded out nowhere near RAM price.....I think around motherboard price although I can't really tell from the pic.....But yes old dot matrix are good scrap

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    The white chip's on the boards if they are the right chip's could have palladium in them as well.
    We buy electronic scrap, Gold Karat scrap, gold filled, refined gold, silver and many other item's.


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