Brett wrote:
> On Wed, 22 Jul 1998, Jack Killpatrick wrote:
>
> > Thanks for passing this on. I needed a little fun break in my day today.
> > This would be a most cool toy to have as a kid. I used to have the Radio
> > Shack "electronic circuit" toys, where there were a bunch of
> transistors,
> > capacitors, relay switches, etc. attached to a flat board, each having a
> > springs connected to their various terminals. You'd build circuits by
> > sticking one end of the wire in one spring and the other end in another
> > spring, and so on, to build complete functioning gizmos. This
> moving part
> > thing Lego toy, combined with a little computer, would have
> been a blast.
> > (Well...WILL be a blast ;)
>
> I used to have on of these too. Best darn toy I ever had--probably the
> number one influence on my future geekdom, such as it is.
>
> Went out to find one recently for my little bro, and they've really
> changed the set. Cheap construction, less analog projects and poor
> substitution of less-than-useful digital projects that didn't seem to
> teach half the lessons the old ones did. was greatly disappointed to see
> such a great thing was no longer available.
Time to place a web "wanted" ad? Maybe someone's got one laying around in
their attic.
Jack
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