Yeah, I'll have to give this guy a thorough cleaning before trying it out; I'll also check out to see if any of the capacitors can be easily replaced.
Yeah, all the socketed chips are great. If I find any of them are dead, most are probably readily replaceable from Radio Shack. (Well, what Radio Shack USED to be, anyway, I'd probably have to go online now.)
On the gambling front: I went to Las Vegas a few times in college. On one trip, a friend of mine won $5000, on a $100 budget. The casino comped him a room, and he even "won" at a change machine! (Put in a $5 bill, got $5.25 back.) He put some of it back the next day, but by the end of the trip, including the cost of gas, meals, etc, he was still ahead by over $3000.
I, on the other hand, never even got back to "break even" once I started. Yeah, I'd have short winning streaks here and there; but once the first dollar went in the machine, I never again hit the amount I had started with. Even worse, I *LOST* on a change machine. (Different casino, so I know it wasn't just the machine being flaky.) Put in $5.00, got $4.75 back. Yup, the one machine in Vegas with a GUARANTEED break-even payout, I lost on.
Only once in my entire life have I won at gambling. Driving through Nevada with a friend, we stopped at a truck stop for gas and lunch. While he was in the restroom, I put a $1.00 bill in a machine, pulled the handle, and just started walking away, knowing I was going to lose. *DINGDINGDINGDING* I had won $20. Paid for the gas and lunch. (Yeah, it was a few years ago.)
(Yes, I've had the occasional $5 or $10 winning lottery ticket, but I've put so much in, I'm at a loss at this point. Lottery tickets I consider in total, not on each ticket.)