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daqq:
While looking for something else I came upon this section of ebay:

http://www.ebay.com/sch/Scrap-Recovered-Gold-/162134/i.html

Basically it's various scrap, but there are some interesting items for those who know what they are looking at/for:

HP boards:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/39-HP-BOARDS-WITH-GOLD-TRACES-ON-BOTH-SIDES-10-POUNDS-HIGH-YIELD-/191567240966?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c9a4c1f06

Mil boards:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Vintage-Collectible-Military-Board-/181705105142?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a4e77def6
http://www.ebay.com/itm/ASPRO-VME-Array-Memory-25500-3418606-003-1-3418205-001-101-Says-Boeing-D-SG-/111640002719?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19fe43409f


Goodies for the RF connonsuer:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/CARDS-6-FOR-HIGH-GOLD-CONTENT-RECOVERY-5-1-2-x-4-1-4-1-2LBS-/111651143023?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item19feed3d6f

Great wall tiling:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Gold-recovery-over-23-Pounds-of-Sun-CPUs-/371295066207?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item5672e9185f

Probably FPGA or similar dev/test boards:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/450lb-Circuit-Telecom-Server-Test-mother-Finger-Boards-Scrap-Gold-Recovery-NR-/131494473477?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1e9dae6f05


Misc:
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Super-Computer-part-Electronic-Gold-Scrap-Looks-Expensive-/171745185453?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27fccf8ead
http://www.ebay.com/itm/Two-Hitachi-main-frame-system-boards-Scrap-CPU-for-gold-recovery-made-in-1999-/181724455700?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2a4f9f2314

I think it might be interesting to some of the locals... Damn, if I had money to spare for more toys...

Note: I have no relation to the sellers.

David

Whales:
"Super Computer part? Electronic Gold Scrap - Looks Expensive!"
It'd be interesting to see under the milled pressure chamber.  RF amplifiers?  Processor?  Bare dies exposed directly to coolant?

SeanB:
Likely absolutely nothing, as it is clearly marked as a seal integrity test board. Only things there are the nice pressure sensor and the schraeder valve. It will have a solid top layer like the bottom of ENIG plate.

marshallh:
That "telecomms" board is actually a set of test/serdes characterization and development boards for the recently-defunct Tabula corp which aimed to bring out new FPGAs. Basically, by using time division multiplexing on the LUTs with a faster clock you could increase the capacity by an order of magnitude.

helius:
It's unlikely that they still work after being thrown around like that. I'd love to have a working one.

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