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People have been collecting these technological marvels for years already, only lately has it become truly evident that it is a real investment opportunity that offers great growth potential; doubtless in 10 - 15 years time as these collectible parts become more and more sought after, prices will have increased 10 fold. Examples by the technology manufacturing pioneers of our time will be the treasure of the future....\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#fff125\" size=\"6\"\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cdiv align=\"center\" style=\"font-family: 'Times New Roman';\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003cdiv style=\"text-align: center;\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd class=\"pageHeading\" valign=\"top\"\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctable width=\"100%\" border=\"0\" cellspacing=\"0\" cellpadding=\"0\"\u003e\u003ctbody\u003e\u003ctr\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/tbody\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\n\u003cfont color=\"#fff125\" face=\"Comic Sans MS\" size=\"6\" style=\"font-weight: bold;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cu\u003e\u003cfont face=\"Comic Sans MS\"\u003e\u003cimg src=\"https:\/\/i.ebayimg.com\/images\/g\/U18AAOSwF5tm0FV2\/s-l400.webp\"\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/u\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#fff125\" size=\"6\"\u003eManufactured by Western Digital in Malaysia in 1985, the FD1791-AL  was the first floppy disk controller chip that handled double density (thats 720Kb !) floppy disks.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e720 KiloByte, today Western Digital make a 25 TeraByte drive, a TeraByte is equal to one thousand million kilobytes !!!  thats 9 zeros !  That is how far this company has pioneered magnetic storage, and this chip offered here, was there at the very beginning. Amazing actually.\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cfont color=\"#fff125\" size=\"6\"\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe suffix 'L'at the end of the part number also details that the part was manufactured to military and avionic specs, so this technology would have been present in 1980's military and aeronautical equipment.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eWe cannot find another example offered for sale anywhere, let alone a new one. The die (the actual chip inside) was actually manufactured in week 20 of 1984, these finished military spec chips were then assembled and tested to order.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e In a purple ceramic and heavily gold plated 40 pin DIL package, this attractive and historic chip is new and unused; this is a museum grade item, a must for serious collectors.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Supplied in antistatic protective packaging.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Photos are of the actual item for sale.\u003c\/font\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\n\u003c\/td\u003e\u003c\/tr\u003e\u003c\/tbody\u003e\u003c\/table\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"WESTERN DIGITAL","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53053228843338,"sku":null,"price":695.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0834\/7258\/0938\/files\/57_70ca4ef2-0229-4c80-899a-f283ac30771c.jpg?v=1760450105","url":"https:\/\/sinequanonuk.com\/products\/fd1791-al-0216-western-digital-collectible-ceramic-gold-chip-ic-fcb28-16","provider":"Tig4Tech  Electronic Surplus","version":"1.0","type":"link"}