I ordered an MPU Grab Bag from Jameco for $20, to see what was in it. Here's
a list of the DIP components. There were 6 or 7 SMD components that I didn't bother to identify, because I'm not that into torturing myself.

Many are in the grab bag because they're surplus or discontinued. The Programmable CRT Controller had a copyright date of 1974 on it. So if you wanted to build some kind of retro thing out of old chips...

I also bought an LED Grab Bag ($7) that had different shapes, sizes, and
colors of LEDs in housings that looked like they were designed for some particular purpose for which they were no longer needed. They're straight-up LEDs and were all either Red, Green, or Yellow. Most were the usual domed-cylinder LED shape, but some were rectangular cuboids. Some were mounted by themselves, some were mounted in groups. All of the leads were intact; they had never been used.

Jeff.

1 Toshiba TMP68HC000P 16-bit MPU, 12MHz
1 Hitachi HD6303YP 8-bit MPU, 1MHz
1 Intel P82586 LAN Co-processor
1 Major Brands S1602P UART
1 AMD AM2960DC Error Correction/Detection Unit
1 Microchip Technology AT27C040 4MBIT Parallel EEPROM
1 Major Brands TDA9855 I2C BTSC Stereo Decoder & SAP processor 1 Intel P8275-2 Programmable CRT controller
1 Zilog Z80ACTC Z80 Counter/Timer Circuit
1 Allegro A3958SB Motor Driver
1 Freescale MC146823P PIA-General Purpose
3 NXP TDA9855 I2C BTSC Stereo Decoder & SAP processor 1 Rochester Electronics PAL16R6ACN 20-Pin TTL Programmable Array Logic
2 Microchip Technology PIC16C622A 8-Bit CMOS Microcontroller
1 AMD AM2954PC 8-bit register
1 AMD AM2966PC Octal dynamic memory driver
4 NEC D41256C-80 32K DRAM
2 Vishay SL41256P-10 32K DRAM
2 National Semiconductor 9602PC Monostable Multivibrator
2 Mostek MK4516N-15 16K DRAM
2 Texas Instruments DS3680N Gate Drivers Quad Telephone Relay
1 Major Brands BA6220 General Purpose Motor Control
1 Maxim MAX481E RS-422/RS-485 Interface IC
1 Microchip Technology PIC12F615-I/P IC MCU 8BIT 1.75KB FLASH 8DIP
2 NEC B556C ?
3 ATMEL 25128 16KByte Serial EEPROM
1 ATMEL 24C256 32KByte Serial EEPROM

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Quoting Jeff to All <=-

I also bought an LED Grab Bag ($7) that had different shapes, sizes,
and colors of LEDs in housings that looked like they were designed for some particular purpose for which they were no longer needed. They're straight-up LEDs and were all either Red, Green, or Yellow. Most were
the usual domed-cylinder LED shape, but some were rectangular cuboids. Some were mounted by themselves, some were mounted in groups. All of
the leads were intact; they had never been used.

Wow. That's cool.

I need to remember this when I order from Jameco again.


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