I feel like Indiana Jones right now.  (I found a tube of vintage chips) - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: wilfred
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 27, 2018, 05:51:36 am
content: Bugger the lost Ark. I found what must have been the last tube of 81LS95's in any shop in Australia. It took me 4 hours of painstaking (according to my back) searching in the clearance room at Rockby. Only a few times did I get a DIP lead under the fingernails from the loose dead bugs in the bottom of the boxes.So my rebuild of the DSE Super-80 computer from the early eighties will have a few more date code authentic chips from the era when I built one.Yes, without a word of a lie it was in the last box. If only I'd started at the other end of the table.I knew I should have started with the biggest deepest dirtiest box. I'd have still kept looking though.Should I have taken the 8080A's?Maybe I should have asked here if any Aussie has a stock of them. It would have to have been easier.Here is a photo from the last weekends mini vintage computer faire of one built by the guy who made the reproduction PCBshttp://avitech.com.au/?page_id=3132#jp-carousel-3139

author: bsudbrink
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 27, 2018, 04:46:56 pm
content: I'd have taken the 8080A's. They are starting to get a little hard to find. Especially if they were ceramic packages. Neat little fair, thanks for the pix. I will be exhibiting at the East coast (US) VCF in May:http://vcfed.org/wp/festivals/vintage-computer-festival-east/

author: dexters_lab
author_rank: Unknown
timestamp: March 28, 2018, 07:01:27 pm
content: looks i nice event, thanks for posting up pics.i do wish there were more vintage fairs here in the uk!

author: lowimpedance
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 29, 2018, 05:44:00 am
content: Quote from: wilfred on March 27, 2018, 05:51:36 amSo there are still people interested in the super 80 to even go to the effort of re producing it!.Reminded me that I have one of those collecting dust and quite a bit of documentation, and even some news from a user group. from that time.see pics. below.

author: bsudbrink
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 29, 2018, 03:36:49 pm
content: Sweet!

author: TerraHertz
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 30, 2018, 03:37:03 am
content: That Rockby place sounds cool. I do not know of anything similar still existing in Sydney. I really miss electronics surplus stores.Three times I've been down to Melbourne in the last 12 months. Stayed with a friend and it turns out he knew of Rockby, but had neglected to mention it to me.Anyway, *next* time I go down there I'll definitely visit the store.

author: lordvader88
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: March 31, 2018, 05:48:13 am
content: Thats great my BOGAN friend (lol in a good way)We all should learn some 1700-1920s electronics for when we end up in a FallOut videogame situation, or even a time travel situation (if that goes on), or FOR TEACHING KIDS FOR THAT MATTER, on the ways of the nature.I'm not being sarcastic BTW. To be able to make 1900 era electronics in my kitchen is a goal of mine. This summer I should try and make resistors from river clay and charcoalbaked in a fire, IDK