MOS Technology buildings to be demolished!

[Nlandas]

ChuckT wrote:
I could survey the buildings but I wouldn't know what I was looking for.  It would be an undertaking to post lengthy videos on Youtube and the quality wouldn't be that great and going back and forth would be an issue for me.

Don't let not knowing stop you - most of the chips - if you find any would be labeled CSG.

Take a look at an Amiga 4000 motherboard for example.

Photo of A4000 MB from hardware database

Others here would likely be able to give details on any chips that wouldn't be labeled. (I'd look for schematics too - and take any that you are allowed to but I doubt any are there.

-Nyle

[ChuckT]

I emailed the appropriate person at the EPA and left a voice message.  I asked for permission and the rest is up to them.  Should I get permission to proceed, I need some contacts because I wouldn't know what to do from here on out.

[alexh]

I would expect there will be nothing there at all, no office furniture, nothing.

You'll never get official access, the health and safety not to mention insurance problems would be huge.

If you "break in" if there are any chips they are likely to be in IC trays.



Take care if there are any IC wafers, they are very sharp if broken and are very toxic.

[Hodgkinson]

All I can say is go get stuck in!

You could find all sorts of odds and ends, though not all necessarily CSG.

I don't know all that much about the exact IC's, and im thousands of miles away in the UK, but hey, im here.

My best advise is to spend as long as possible there, get as much stuff as possible, and sort through it later.

Previous posts: Yeah, stuff could be anywhere. So check everwhere ;-)

Hodgkinson.

[Hodgkinson]

If whilst you're there you could take a few photo snaps of the insides and outsides buildings that would be great! :idea:

Its the last chance to see CSG :crazy:

[ChuckT]

The most I might be able to get are pictures of the outside of the building if I can get close enough to it.  I would be surprised if the signs are still up.

Hodgkinson wrote:
If whilst you're there you could take a few photo snaps of the insides and outsides buildings that would be great! :idea:

Its the last chance to see CSG :crazy:

[ChuckT]

alexh wrote:
I would expect there will be nothing there at all, no office furniture, nothing.

You'll never get official access, the health and safety not to mention insurance problems would be huge.

I refuse to "break in" but all I have to do is sign a paper saying that I won't sue.

I haven't heard anything from anyone yet.  Maybe someone else wants to call the EPA?

[ChuckT]

I received an email from the EPA today.  It says that the EPA doesn't own the Commodore Semiconductor property but I would have to get permission from the Rockwell Automation attorney and they gave me his number.

[trip6]

"To the victor comes the spoils..." Good Luck Chuck, hope you find something, please report back...

[ChuckT]

I contacted the lawyer and I am awaiting an answer.

[BilHerd]

Hi all,

I received a call from Chuck and thought I would swing by to see what some of the details might be.

Not sure how much usable stock ever was on the premises, especially given the quality issues we had occasionally.  I believe the Amiga chips were carried three times around the world in wafer form, unfortunately not stored correctly from what I heard.

As for the 8 but stuff, I would think that that really wouldn't have sat in a post production inventory but I could be wrong.

Might be some cool memorabilia, what I wouldn't give for just what I used to have in my office by way of wafers and plots.

Regards,

Bil Herd

[BilHerd]

OMG, we used to hurl these at each other!  I remember shaking the tiny shards of "glass" out of my hair from where one had shattered next to me.

I also tried to "cleave" one one time by lining up the flat edge with the edge of the desk and rapidly striking it.  Again glass in the hair (I had lots of hair)

One day on eof the chip guys, Dave DiOrio mentioned how to knock a wafer into the geometric sections of the lattice, you take a pen point to the middle of the wafer and strike it like a punch.  You git either 5 or 6 pieces depending on silicon if  I remember right.

Bil Herd

alexh wrote:
I would expect there will be nothing there at all, no office furniture, nothing.

You'll never get official access, the health and safety not to mention insurance problems would be huge.

If you "break in" if there are any chips they are likely to be in IC trays.



Take care if there are any IC wafers, they are very sharp if broken and are very toxic.

[TheMagicM]

Its an honor having you on this site Bil.  I'm just about done reading the book "On The Edge".  Read about your interview in the lobby, your fights (literally) with management, how you came about being a engineering wiz..all of it..  Again..all I can say its an honor having you here.

-Alex

[alexh]

BilHerd wrote:
OMG, we used to hurl these at each other!

Heh. Perhaps I was toeing the Health and Safety line a little too much, but a friend took one home and his kid broke it and proceeded to cut their hands trying to clean it up. From then on all wafers given away had to be first sealed in perspex.

The wafers are made using some nasty chemicals, I am sure the risk is nominal, but I have always avoided "licking" them ;-)

[jj]

Dont know about you lot, but I never lick any computer components  :-D  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

[Nlandas]

JJ wrote:
Dont know about you lot, but I never lick any computer components  :-D  :lol:  :lol:  :lol:

I don't know, "Licking Silicon" can be fun.   :-o

*wink, wink* *nudge, nudge* Know what I mean? Know what I mean?