My new home-made keychain and bookmark! (PIC)

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#1 Post by **gator** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 1:20 am

I found a couple of OLD RAM chips (4 MB EDO made by Micron) that someone here was throwing away. I made a new keychain by breaking on of 'em into two peices and filing the broken edge ... I thought I had to drill a hole for the keyring, it had a proper "hole" for the ring at the other end!

Here is are some pics: (click for a bigger version)

This is a RAM blank being used a bookmark:

How do they look? People with interesting keychains, start posting pics!

Website · #2 Post by **tfflivemb2** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 6:10 am

One of the guys that owns a small computer place in town has been selling these for $5 over the past year. I can't believe that some people have paid that much for these....

#3 Post by **ryengineer** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 6:59 am

Gator that is really awesome!

I don't have a picture but I have a lenovo flash drive that comes with a cap with a round hole in it and thus I'm using it as a key-chain.

furrycute · #4 Post by **furrycute** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 8:30 am

This is really awesome!

Turbo Audi · #5 Post by **Turbo Audi** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 10:59 am

I love that keychain!!

#6 Post by **Kyocera** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 11:00 am

I want a bookmark!!! Please.

Oh yeah, and throw in one of those atom transport things.....will it send me into the future????

Temetka · #7 Post by **Temetka** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 11:28 am

I want the book.

/runs off to search Amazon

#8 Post by **gator** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 2:24 pm

Temetka wrote:I want the book.

Temetka, it is an excellent book ... The autho Dr. Supriyo Datta is from Purdue and is considered one of best experts on nanoscale transistors. This book gives a totally bottom-up approach (i.e building transitiors atom by atom!) to transistor design, a fantastic read ... however it is not for the faint hearted, you need some background in making quantum mechanics to grasp it fully ...

I have one "keychain" stick left, so if anyone wants it, PM me and I'll be happy to send it across.

#9 Post by **gator** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 2:27 pm

Kyocera wrote:I want a bookmark!!! Please. Oh yeah, and throw in one of those atom transport things.....will it send me into the future????

LOL! I'll send you one "bookmark" Mike, no problemo! Aas to time travel, I am afraid don't have any answers

But if i go to the future, I'll bring back thinkpads fer ya all!

#10 Post by **schen** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 4:47 pm

I was using an old stick of 30 pin SIMM for a keychain, but decided that it was too long, so I dug around and found a small SO-DIMM to use instead. I figured the prospect of me using a 16Mb chip in anything was pretty small, so I decided to use it.

I know; it marks me as a real geek, but that's ok. I do need to take a file to the corners to round them a little though.

#11 Post by **rkawakami** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 4:54 pm

gator wrote:But if i go to the future, I'll bring back thinkpads fer ya all!

Forget the Thinkpads... bring back some winning lottery numbers! I've got a good module for a keychain here at work. You'll never lose your keys again. I'll post a picture later tonight...

#12 Post by **gator** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 4:55 pm

I specifically went for a desktop RAM because the SO-DIMM is thin compared to the other ...

#13 Post by **gator** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 4:58 pm

rkawakami wrote:
gator wrote: Forget the Thinkpads... bring back some winning lottery numbers!

#14 Post by **schen** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 5:08 pm

gator wrote:I specifically went for a desktop RAM because the SO-DIMM is thin compared to the other ...

That's the reason I went with that. I really prefer my keys to be as small as possible so the SO-DIMM was great. I spend half my day in either windpants or coaching shorts, so you don't really want a big wad of something poking out of that mesh material!

#15 Post by **ryengineer** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 5:10 pm

rkawakami wrote: Forget the Thinkpads... bring back some winning lottery numbers!

Sounds like Marty Mcfly

Purcy · #16 Post by **Purcy** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 6:26 pm

Gator, if you still have the keychain RAM stick left, I want it!! Hey, I have been reading and trying to grasp quantum physics for over 10 years - it ain't easy

So the author is from Purdue Univ? I have a teeny degree from Purdue in entomology (now try not to be too impressed

)

I'm with Ray, go into the future and get us Lotto numbers for the big 25 million dollar lotteries, and we can all get together and buy Lenovo.

#17 Post by **gator** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 6:45 pm

Purcy wrote:Gator, if you still have the keychain RAM stick left, I want it!!

You got it! Just PM me your address and I'll send it across!

Purcy wrote: I have a teeny degree from Purdue in entomology (now try not to be too impressed )

Awesome, I din't know this! Thanks for sharing this with us ... isn't entomology the study of insects?

Purcy wrote: I'm with Ray, go into the future and get us Lotto numbers for the big 25 million dollar lotteries, and we can all get together and buy Lenovo.

shhh! How can you leak secret plans like this? That is what PMs are for!!

bhtooefr · #18 Post by **bhtooefr** » Mon Jul 23, 2007 8:07 pm

I just used a 30-pin SIMM, and it worked fine.

#19 Post by **rkawakami** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 2:35 am

As promised from earlier today (well, yesterday), here's my keychain entry:

(112KB)

The one on the top. It's some sort of SRAM (not SDRAM) DIMM. Eight 32K x 8 (not 32M, 32K) so it's a 32K x 64. In any event, as a size comparison I've put a standard 144-pin SODIMM below it. One advantage that this module has is that since it's composed of the eight SRAM dual-in line (DIP) packages, that means that there's pins sticking out the back side. While this may not be too comfortable inside one's pocket, it does have one advantage:

(112KB)

It sticks to the cloth surfaces that cover most office cubicles. I stuck it up on my overhead shelf and it stayed there until I went home.

#20 Post by **KristianJ** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 4:25 am

Those are some great and creative uses of antiquated computer parts...

The only really unique keyring I have is a handcrafted and turned rosewood keyring that's not on my keys at the moment. I'll try and find it and post a pic, but it's just a simple hourglass shaped piece of timber.

#21 Post by **Kyocera** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 8:29 am

http://www.thinkgeek.com/apparel/jewelry/83f7/

I read in some cert book somewhere about people making all kinds of stuff out of ram, like the earrings.

#22 Post by **KristianJ** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 8:39 am

Kyocera wrote:http://www.thinkgeek.com/apparel/jewelry/83f7/

I read in some cert book somewhere about people making all kinds of stuff out of ram, like the earrings.

I love the product subtitle (found by clicking on the Tech Jewelry link : "Increase your own memory by hanging it from your body."

Gotta love corniness!

Purcy · #23 Post by **Purcy** » Tue Jul 24, 2007 10:44 am

Kyocera wrote: I read in some cert book somewhere about people making all kinds of stuff out of ram, like the earrings.

Those would look darling on Steve when he is wearing his blond wig.

frankiepankie · #24 Post by **frankiepankie** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 5:36 am

I have an old Pentium II Mobile 266Mhz processor from an old Siemens laptop on my keyring

Website · #25 Post by **tfflivemb2** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 6:32 am

Purcy wrote:
Kyocera wrote: I read in some cert book somewhere about people making all kinds of stuff out of ram, like the earrings.
Those would look darling on Steve when he is wearing his blond wig.

I'll have to try it....thanks!

#26 Post by **gator** » Thu Jul 26, 2007 1:44 pm

frankiepankie wrote:I have an old Pentium II Mobile 266Mhz processor from an old Siemens laptop on my keyring

Great ... I was thinking of doing something similar too

can you post a pic if possible?

frankiepankie · #27 Post by **frankiepankie** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 2:57 am

gator wrote:
frankiepankie wrote:I have an old Pentium II Mobile 266Mhz processor from an old Siemens laptop on my keyring
Great ... I was thinking of doing something similar too can you post a pic if possible?

I was lucky that the processor was not completely made out of a sort of ceramic material

The place where i drilled a hole, was a standard printboard

bhtooefr · #28 Post by **bhtooefr** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 6:47 am

Actually, IIRC, the last ceramic-packaged Intel chip was the Pentium II Overdrive, which was very, VERY rare. Last in the actual Pentium Pro family was the 200MHz with 512k cache, IIRC. Last in the Pentium family was the 200MHz non-MMX.

dsigma6 · #29 Post by **dsigma6** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 7:35 am

rkawakami wrote:It sticks to the cloth surfaces that cover most office cubicles. I stuck it up on my overhead shelf and it stayed there until I went home.

Still using your cell phone from 1993, but you've got a BMW...Go Ray!

Purcy · #30 Post by **Purcy** » Fri Jul 27, 2007 8:08 am

dsigma6 wrote:
rkawakami wrote:It sticks to the cloth surfaces that cover most office cubicles. I stuck it up on my overhead shelf and it stayed there until I went home.
Still using your cell phone from 1993, but you've got a BMW...Go Ray!

I think Ray follows one of the Golden Rules from OUR generation - if it ain't broke, don't fix it (or replace it)

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