The listing states " Heathkit part number is CW-136", but I can't find
anything online about it as Terry's friend mentioned... Seems like a
specific thing to say though, but hey, it is eBay...

On Fri, Nov 21, 2025 at 11:51 AM J Forbes <[email protected]> wrote:

> Heathkit always put their name on their stuff, so I agree that it's not
> Heathkit. It is clever, though.
>
> On Friday, November 21, 2025 at 10:14:57 AM UTC-7 Mac Doktor wrote:
>
>>
>> On Nov 21, 2025, at 4:25 AM, Dan Harboe Burer <[email protected]> wrote:
>>
>> I have had one of these for a loong time.
>>
>>
>> I asked a friend of mine about it. Here's his reply:
>>
>> Seen before. It was a kit offered in the late 80s by some long-gone kit
>> maker. They might have been sold at Heathkit or Lafayette stores, who often
>> carried assembled consumer devices and third-party kits. I seem to recall
>> it used fuse-programmed PROM chips as decoders. It's a very rare item.
>> Cannot be googled.
>>
>>
>>
>> Terry Bowman, KA4HJH
>> "The Mac Doctor"
>>
>> https://www.astarcloseup.com
>>
>> "If only you could see what I've seen with your eyes."—Roy Batty, *Blade
>> Runner*
>>
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