Vintage Intel Microchips

Over thirty years have elapsed since Intel® introduced their first microchip, the 3101 static RAM (ca. 1969) and today, vintage microchips are collected by a growing number of collectors willing to invest significant money to obtain the best examples of the rarest chips. In 1972, you could have bought a new Intel C4004 microprocessor for $60. Several years ago, one of these chips sold on EBAY for $1185.00.

With the growing interest in vintage microchips has come a growing need for a collector's guide. In response, after 5 years of research and the assistance of many of the worlds top chip collectors, I am pleased to introduce "The Collector's Guide to Vintage Intel Microchips".

What possessed me to write this book? Maybe the best answer is because it matters. I've been a programmer for 20 years. I've seen computers change the world. People who live thru historic events typically don't realize the significance of those events as they are happening. Likewise, I don't think most people today really comprehend the significance of the computer revolution that has been occurring around us the last few decades. It's all still too new. But I think that future generations will look back on this time as a monumental turning point in history on par with the discovery of fire and the invention of writing. This guide is an attempt to document a previously undocumented chapter in the history of the computer revolution – the chips that made it possible

The Collector's Guide to Vintage Intel Microchips, 4th Edition, contains descriptions and current values for approximately 2,000 microchips with over 900 photographs. Available on CDROM only; 1320 pages.

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