That must have been a record in three days. Those were pretty cool kits. I got to help with one, mostly watched cause the owner wanted all the fun. It actually worked when finished like Heath kits did/do. Man I wish they still made the kits. I have a number of Heathkit items but no TVs. :( Dennis
On 26 Nov, 19:10, J Forbes <[email protected]> wrote: > The first color TV we had when I was a kid, we had to assemble, > GR-169, from Heathkit, in 1973. Took us 3 days :) I have it, it's > sitting right next to me, not two feet away. The schematic was > included, as were 4 pages of manuals on how to assemble, align, and > troubleshoot it. > > I recall seeing a flat pack IC at dad's work sometime in the early > 70s. The Heathkit has a sound IC, lots of transistors, and a rectifier > diode in the HV cirucuit (I think? David will know, and I'm too lazy > to look at the books) > > We didn't get into making homebrew clocks and calculators and stuff > until the mid 70s. Lack of money might have been part of the reason. > > Jim -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "neonixie-l" group. To post to this group, send an email to [email protected]. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/neonixie-l?hl=en-GB.
