[vcf-midatlantic] History-of article on Heathkit, must-read

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I still use my Heathkit hand held frequency counter I assembled 30 years ago!

Mike 

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My extremely complicated, hand held electronic device.

> On Dec 7, 2020, at 9:45 PM, madodel <madodel at mac.com> wrote:
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> On 12/7/20 17:24, Mike Loewen via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
>>> On Mon, 7 Dec 2020, Herb Johnson via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
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>>> https://www.electronicdesign.com/communiqu/article/21148923/electronic-design-heathkit-an-employees-look-back 
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>>    Thanks, Herb. In my younger days, I used to drool over the Heathkit catalog and later was able to build some kits in the '70s. IP-2718 triple output power supply (which I still use), IT-3120 FET/Transistor tester, IG-5218 Sine/Square wave generator, and a GDA-405-D 8-channel R/C transmitter for my father. The first kit I built though, was a Knight-Kit Star Roamer short wave receiver (tubes). The Heathkit manuals were outstanding.
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>>    I wasn't able to afford any of the Heath computer gear back then, but I now have H8 and Z90 computers, and a H19 terminal.
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> I'll have to pull my H150 out of the basement and see if it still boots. I used to love reading through the Heath magazines to see what amazing kits they had. I had built a few simple kits so thought I could tackle a computer kit and save some money. When I opened the box for the H150 and saw spools of resisters, sticks of chips and naked boards I almost had a stroke, but with Heath store's help I got it running and it was my computer for several years and got me a job supporting a hospital  groups PC rollout because I was the only one in the IT department that had my own computer.
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> Mark
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