Hi Lost,
Sorry it took so long to reply.
Concerning the last board, peripheral, the one you mentioned I should have gotten a gold cap IC and not someone else.
I pulled all of the ceramic ICs from all of the boards. I was the only one who's been inside this unit since it was put away 19 years ago. All of the sockets that are empty now, are ones I pulled ICs from.
All of the IC's I pulled were ceramic. All of them had clear windows, two of them had gold visible inside the windows, the remaining others had what I assume to be silver inside them. Are those what you were speaking of? I thought they were all some sort of EPROM?
In addition, I took your suggestion and pulled one of the push buttons from the board with the display. It was silver in color, no gold. Should I remove the display or does it affect the grade?
Thanks again,
RFIII
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