Re: Apple IIGS Memory Expansion Card question.

[Andrew James Alan Welty <andrew@cci-29palms.com>]

>> : Most ICs are stored in anti-static plastic tubes or "loose" in lab
>> : environments, with the exceptions being CMOS ICs (including RAMs),
>> : which are usually kept in conductive foam when not in tubes.
>> 
>> I'd rather use tubes if I can get them. Lots of my ICs are in tubes
>> because they came to me that way. If you know a supplier of these
>> tubes I would happily get them and release the ICs from the Styro.
> 
> Most of mine came with ICs, and some were "discards" from manufacturing.
> I expect that many small electronic assemblers would be glad to have
> someone take them away.  (Then the trick is getting enough of the end
> closure pins/plugs to allow them to be easily closed and re-opened.)

Easy enough to close off the end of the tube, I've got a few with staples.