WTB: CPI with dead EPROM

[TM86]

Would like to pick up a CPI 300, 400, 2000, or 2500 with a blown EPROM chip.

 

[Onelasttime]

This might come as a suprise to you but there is no one sitting on a stock pile of NOS, Open Box, or gently used units that we all go to when we want one.

Almost all of the ones I have seen in the last 20 years have been on Ebay or Craigs List or the like.

If you run across some one with a 20-30 of them in a collection your not likely to seperate them from them as hard core collectors fixated on one brand or one model are not usually in the market to sell their precious gems! When they die you will either see their stuff at an estate auction or on ebay or once purchased from an estate auction then on Ebay! If it has any value especially if it is listed on worth point you will see it on Ebay!

Be prepared to get into a bidding war!

 

[TM86]

This might come as a suprise to you but there is no one sitting on a stock pile of NOS, Open Box, or gently used units that we all go to when we want one.

Almost all of the ones I have seen in the last 20 years have been on Ebay or Craigs List or the like.

If you run across some one with a 20-30 of them in a collection your not likely to seperate them from them as hard core collectors fixated on one brand or one model are not usually in the market to sell their precious gems! When they die you will either see their stuff at an estate auction or on ebay or once purchased from an estate auction then on Ebay! If it has any value especially if it is listed on worth point you will see it on Ebay!

Be prepared to get into a bidding war!

Yet if I want something and never make any attempt to get it I'll just be wishing.

I'm not looking for a collector's quality unit here. What I would expect is something that was abused and the EPROM blown up because either voltages were applied to the incorrect pins or someone forgot to observe ESD precautions when attempting a channel mod. IOW, a golden screwdriver special.

Now, yes, most likely this post will fade into obscurity and never amount to anything. But I figure that my chances are better on this site than pretty much anywhere else.