Eprom's

**Blue** · 10-19-2012, 12:26 AM

Thanks for readin mah post. So I have been reading threads on Eproms (IC's with windows I believe) and their seems to be some speculation on their value vs normal IC chips. Here are some pictures of Eproms and IC's in their original tubing, I have hundreds of these tubes (I have no idea why I didn't take pictures of the various chips inside the tubing instead of just the tubes, epic fail):

A very large bucket:

My question revolves around their price, are they worth more than regular IC chips, the ones with silver and gold windows?
Here is a picture of some with gold windows, I have tubes of these:

The most related thread I found was http://www.scrapmetalforum.com/elect...-ic-chips.html but it wasn't the only one, there are several "Eprom" threads but information per their value seems ambigous and virtually non-existent, any buyers care to comment? I checked Ebay, their price has a large fluctuation, I wanted to see what others thought.

Thanks

**Bear** · 10-19-2012, 12:50 AM

why are they in tubes, and how many is in each tube ?

**Mechanic688** · 10-19-2012, 12:54 AM

Originally Posted by Bear

why are they in tubes, and how many is in each tube ?

If you bought them originally from a distributor then they shipped them in those tubes to keep the legs straight.

**ctscrapping** · 10-19-2012, 01:40 AM

If those are tubes of unused ic chips, I believe I remember reading a post of a buyer on here that was looking for those and paying more then scrap value. Possibly check the buyers page.

**Mechanic688** · 10-19-2012, 01:48 AM

Originally Posted by ctscrapping

If those are tubes of unused ic chips, I believe I remember reading a post of a buyer on here that was looking for those and paying more then scrap value. Possibly check the buyers page.

Are you thinking of this posting??
http://www.scrapmetalforum.com/scrap...st-prices.html

**Bear** · 10-19-2012, 02:37 AM

Originally Posted by Mechanic688

If you bought them originally from a distributor then they shipped them in those tubes to keep the legs straight.

those tubes are three foot long, and the chips are two inches ? I bought a similar chip once, and it came in a small package

**happyscraper** · 10-19-2012, 07:08 PM

So does anyone know the scrap value of these eproms? I have some like the ones in the last pic. and also have some that are thinner and longer and have a long window on them. Some are gold and some are silver. Should I keep these seprate from the solid black ones?

**Bear** · 10-19-2012, 09:26 PM

Originally Posted by happyscraper

So does anyone know the scrap value of these eproms? I have some like the ones in the last pic. and also have some that are thinner and longer and have a long window on them. Some are gold and some are silver. Should I keep these seprate from the solid black ones?

Send those ones to me, they definitely need to be quaranteened!