Old Computer part?

[brendan1414]

Not sure exactly what this but im pretty sure its an old computer component. whats the name of this? and any value? paid $1

[brendan1414]

Anyone? i feel like it is an old prosessor and in that case i think the price would be HIGH for this original condition

[TheCannonballGuy]

Brendan, my wife is an "older" computer-whizkid. So I showed her the photo and asked her to ID it. She says it is indeed an old computer part ...specifically, a 1998-or-a-bit-later Windows keyboard, and two old ROM chips. That is her contribution to this reply. Mine is this Link, about the keyboard's manufacturer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altec_Lansing

[Bigcypresshunter]

Old ROM chips.

[Bigcypresshunter]

Brendan, my wife is an "older" computer-whizkid. So I showed her the photo and asked her to ID it. She says it is indeed an old computer part ...specifically, a 1998-or-a-bit-later Windows keyboard, and two old ROM chips. That is her contribution to this reply. Mine is this Link, about the keyboard's manufacturer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altec_Lansing

Can you tell us what kind of camera was used?

[homefires]

Old ROM chips. Peel the sticker off , if there is a window on them there EPROM.

Look in the window and you will see enough gold wire to fill a Cockroaches tooth.

[fmerg]

clyde washburn is a well known programmer of ic chips for different areas
if you remove his label on the ic i believe you will find a "window" that allows the chip to be programmed
(warning doing so will destroy any programming thats on it)
the two chips are called eeproms and use light to be programmed

more info on one of my personal hero's

Clyde Washburn's Summary

Specialties
RF & RFIC Design
Analog & Mixed-Signal Discrete & IC Design
Deep Submicron CMOS Modeling & RF Characterization

as for the keyboard its a cheap replacement board
unless it as a mod

[brendan1414]

/why so much chatter about my keyboard? lol its my 17 inch asus laptop btw, here i love showing it off, 6gb ram, 1gb graphics ;] and so how much are these chips worth in this perfect condition? and what is on them? second nature plus?

[fmerg]

/why so much chatter about my keyboard? lol its my 17 inch asus laptop btw, here i love showing it off, 6gb ram, 1gb graphics ;] and so how much are these chips worth in this perfect condition? and what is on them? second nature plus?

the chips are not worth much maybe a buck or two if your lucky
as for whats on them there is no easy way to find out that i know of
second nature plus more then likely is the company that he was programming for at the time

[brendan1414]

1 or 2 bucks, wow. i figured they would go for better money... so what to do with them? take em apart and play with the gold wire? i think yes

[brendan1414]

Wow, took the sticker off and it looks SUPER cool inside lol

[brendan1414]

Wow, good picture for an iphone :O and so the wired streaming off that center chip are solid gold or what?

[Bigcypresshunter]

...so how much are these chips worth in this perfect condition? and what is on them? second nature plus?

I dont know much about the working parts of computers but I do know that PCs from the 80's are most likely antiquated and worthless. You could probably purchase an entire computer plus the monitor for 2 bucks.

Whats on them? It doesnt really matter because probably nobody cares unless it has gold content..

[homefires]

Yes those wires are gold. K value?

Those chips are programed via the Pins.

That window is to Clear or Clean the Memory cells using UV light.

Have fun! LOL

[GpSnoopy]

I know this is solved, but thought I'd just bring it to your attention that the chip is still available for purchase. Some of these components were produced by the millions, and still available to repair shops and circuit designers/builders.


http://www.plccenter.com/Buy/INTEL/D2764A2

[Bigcypresshunter]

I know this is solved, but thought I'd just bring it to your attention that the chip is still available for purchase. Some of these components were produced by the millions, and still available to repair shops and circuit designers/builders.


http://www.plccenter.com/Buy/INTEL/D2764A2

I notice the value. How much gold could it be?

[Sheldon J]

Not enough gold to plate a gnats wisker n it takes high levels of UV to erase them, or low levels over an extended period of time.

[piegrande]

Homefires was exactly correct. I worked for a time in our prom area, and they were programmed with a standard programmer. But, to erase, we would put them in a box with intense ultraviolet light for a specified time period. Thus, the window had to be sealed with a sticky thing, or they would gradually erase themselves from ambient light.

[ejort]

Brendan, my wife is an "older" computer-whizkid. So I showed her the photo and asked her to ID it. She says it is indeed an old computer part ...specifically, a 1998-or-a-bit-later Windows keyboard, and two old ROM chips. That is her contribution to this reply. Mine is this Link, about the keyboard's manufacturer. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Altec_Lansing

Can you tell us what kind of camera was used?

Apple iPhone4

[Bigcypresshunter]

Can you tell us what kind of camera was used?

Apple iPhone4

I cant remember how to do that.