Re: Are Apple II+ memory chips with apple logo valuable?

[Dave Dragon <davedragonuk@yahoo.co.uk>]

Quadrajet1 wrote:

> << Hi,
> I recently bought a dead apple II europlus for spares and inside most of
> the RAM chips have got an apple logo stamped on them in addition to the
> manufacturers data (Mostek MK4116N-3). Does having this logo make them
> valuable? The 5 chips I have tested were working so I guess most of the
> other will be too.
>
> I'm guessing that back in the early 80's apple could put their logo on
> chips bought in from Mostek and then charge the end users a lot more
> money for them. Today this would be called a rip-off.
>  >>
>
>   More valuable?  Maybe they're worth 6 cents each instead of 5 cents.  I don't
> think it adds too much value.  Apple never sold Apple branded memory, I believe
> the Apple logo was put on those RAM chips to verify that Apple installed RAM
> was in the motherboard for warranty issues.  And they put that small logo on
> everyone's RAM chips they used, not just Mostek. And they didn't do it too
> long, I remember seeing some of the original //e's with it.
>
>   Incidently, I worked at Mostek in Carrollton, TX in '80 and '81. Started in
> the Probe dept, went to Goldback and then Lap dept.  Good money working for the
> graveyard shift.  And it was widely known Mostek made some of the worst memory
> chips.  They were bought out by SGS Thompson about 20 years ago.

Worst memory chips??? They are still working today! I just took another look at my
chips and ther are from Malaysia date code 8015 to 8019. I'm satisfied with a
lifetime of 23 years and counting.