On 21 Aug 98, Cyberspace Publishing wrote:
> >They should do for them like they did for us when I was a sophomore in
> >high school. Electronics teacher walked in one day with a box that said
> >"Heathkit Z-80" on it. Looked at us and said "Here's a computer.
> >Instructions are inside. Put it together and see what you can make it
> >do."
> >
> >then he learned with us . . .
>
> Sounds like a fantastic teacher -- a rare breed, today. Glad you had the
> privilege of studying with him.
Reminds me of my grandfather, who was actually the first person I knew
to own a "home computer", one of the original Altairs back in '74. An
electrical engineer by profession, my grandfather had a den-cum-lab at his
house in which I spent endless fascinated hours as a child, mesmerized by
the glow of oscilloscopes and the smell of hot solder; I suppose my love
affair with technology began there. I still vividly recall the hundreds of
hours he spent assembling an early Heathkit colour TV, which he promptly
then gave to my mother as a gift -- a long time ago, it was.
He passed away eleven years ago, and I think he would be delighted and
proud to know how his first-born grandchild makes a living now.
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Brent Eades, Almonte, Ontario
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