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Buying a V9958 from ebay

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By АIеks

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25-07-2019, 23:21

Chinese nonsense do not read. I rely on myself. My knowledge and intuition.

By gdx

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20-01-2020, 12:30

I found a interessing video about fake chips.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k72SFBOZ_lw

By skumlerud

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20-01-2020, 12:35

c32f wrote:

There are fakes but they are obvious like https://www.ebay.com/itm/392188488327
I didn't notice the wider DIP64 package and bought them but when I got around to using them I noticed they where just painted as V9958, if you scratch the top they are revealed to be just M680000P8 CPUs and maybe dead ones from a very quick test I did.

I got one of those too, from a seller that calls himself adeleparts2010. I also bought two AY-3-8910's from the same seller, both are fakes. I got my money back, but they're still selling these fake chips.

By skumlerud

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20-01-2020, 12:59

John_Warner wrote:

What is the problem, if fake chip works properly?

A fake AY-3-8912 let the magic smoke out from my Tiki 100. Luckily it was quite easily repaired, but that was just that, luck.

By gdx

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20-01-2020, 13:38

The video explains how recognize fakes.

By abaffa

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26-03-2023, 00:45

Be careful with the fake chips. I bought 6 fake v9958 and it seems like the package of toshiba 68000

Check for yourself:

This is leading to a price dispute. My first v9958 was about 10 usd some months ago... today I got a quote of 111 usd from utsource.

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