Re: [Elecraft] Heath kit and the Lazarus Loop

2016-08-10 Thread w7aqk
ually toss it into the waste basket, thereby throwing away more computing power than existed in the world in 1948!!! Dave W7AQK From: Lewis Phelps <l...@n6lew.us> To: "elecraft@mailman.qth.net" <elecraft@mailman.qth.net> Subject: Re: [Elecraft] Heath kit and the Lazarus Loop Mess

Re: [Elecraft] Heath kit and the Lazarus Loop

2016-08-09 Thread Brian Denley
Still have my Heathkit ET-3400 and ETA-3400. Learned 6800 assembly language on that pair before moving up to a OSI C1-P. It would be great to see Heathkit back to something fun. I was bummed when my K2/100 rig was finished. Brian KB1VBF Sent from my iPad > On Aug 9, 2016, at 7:08 PM, Lewis

Re: [Elecraft] Heath kit and the Lazarus Loop

2016-08-09 Thread Lewis Phelps
Heathkit was at the forefront of the personal computer revolution. Their H-8 was one of the earliest 8-bit computers, and the H-89 one of the first Z-80 machines, as well as being the first “all in one” computer that combined the keyboard, monitor, and processor into a single enclosure. I

Re: [Elecraft] Heath kit and the Lazarus Loop

2016-08-08 Thread Richard Fjeld
I seem to remember a 2 meter mobile that got recalled and shredded per FCC direction not long before the company closed down. Dick, n0ce Ohm sweet Ohm On 8/8/2016 2:47 PM, Dauer, Edward wrote: I remembered Heathkit as having first been an airframe manufacturer which got into electronics

[Elecraft] Heath kit and the Lazarus Loop

2016-08-08 Thread Dauer, Edward
I remembered Heathkit as having first been an airframe manufacturer which got into electronics after the War. I just checked the history, one version of which can be found here: http://www.heathkit.nu/heathkit_nu_HeathStory.html. Apparently the company was sold to Daystrom as early as