Omegamatrix Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 I got a bucket or two of 5200 PCB's, if anyone wants to make an offer. 19 cents. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DigitalDaredevil Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 I always thought the cardboard boxes were like striking gold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Scumdogg Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 God, it's going to be a sad day when it turns out Atari's "Second Golden Age" is in reference to a mass effort to de-plate the connector pins. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
nester Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 650 an ounce? The price of gold is just about the same as 1 Quadrun! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rheffera Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 Next thing we'll see is a bunch of Trekkies panning for gold with Atari carts over a river somewhere Aye i here That! Beam those combat carts up scotty! We mustn'a keep the gold from falling into klingon hands. To the buggymobile! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxman Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 Don't forget to factor in the Karat weight. For example if the gold was 10 karat you will have to multiply by the appropriate proportion which in this case would be 10K/24K. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+5-11under Posted April 5, 2007 Share Posted April 5, 2007 You can get PCBs made, with gold plating, from $0.08 (and probably less) per square inch, including all the materials and labour. The gold can't be worth that much. That said, people do recycle the stuff. 5-11under Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
taxman Posted April 6, 2007 Share Posted April 6, 2007 Not to mention the time and cost to extract the gold wouldn't be worth it. But it's an interesting idea whether the gold content is worth more than the cartridge itself. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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