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Originally Posted by SiriusHardware
It looks as though those ICs all have gold plated pins, in which case they may be mercifully immune to 'death by foam'.
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From experience I would say to the contrary.. the solder tinned ones seem to be more hardy to the ravages of foam. It may be something to do with the the gold plated ones seen side-brazed onto ceramic carriers being thinner than the more modern pins.
So if you ever get any 60s/70s/80s old-stock / used ICs in foam, take them out!!