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<blockquote data-quote="Sean DonCarlos" data-source="post: 270846" data-attributes="member: 152"><p>Assuming it's never been energized and that it's been in a reasonably controlled environment while in storage, it should. Heat is the great enemy of processors, but the old ICs had much thicker components and ran much slower, so they degrade very slowly compared to modern chips. (As an example, as late as the 80286 and 80386, CPUs did not even need fans, much less the elaborate cooling technology required to prevent modern processors from cooking themselves.)</p><p></p><p>Also of note: The Intel 8080, which was introduced in 1974, is still produced in 2018 by Lansdale Semiconductors for use in small embedded systems, 44 years later.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Sean DonCarlos, post: 270846, member: 152"] Assuming it's never been energized and that it's been in a reasonably controlled environment while in storage, it should. Heat is the great enemy of processors, but the old ICs had much thicker components and ran much slower, so they degrade very slowly compared to modern chips. (As an example, as late as the 80286 and 80386, CPUs did not even need fans, much less the elaborate cooling technology required to prevent modern processors from cooking themselves.) Also of note: The Intel 8080, which was introduced in 1974, is still produced in 2018 by Lansdale Semiconductors for use in small embedded systems, 44 years later. [/QUOTE]
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