>-----Original Message-----
>From: John T. Blair
>At 09:06 AM 5/13/02 -0500, JNiolon@uss.com wrote:
>[snip]
>>Wish they wer still around... I've built 2 TV's, 4 Ham transcievers, 2
>>amplifiers, keyers, other misc kits.....and still using a VOM
>that was my
>>first kit..25 years ago and still accurate..... it's a shame they're
>>gone... no one can afford to hobby anymore
>
>John,
>I'll second that - SB102, SB200, SB220, their 10M O scope,
>Freq. counter,
>Sig. gen., ET 3400 microprocessor course and on and on. Their
>"learning
>center" - ie the 3400 and such are still around. But I sure like being
>able to build and work on my own gear.
>
>John
Geez, you guys had to bring back memories huh? (ok, so it was my
fault.) How about the florescent alarm clock? Built in '78? (Still
running!) The old 4.77mhz luggable PC? Takes a 6 mins to boot DOS
2.1 from a 5.25 floppy, and it had only two floppy drives. Hard
drives at the time cost 800 for a 5mb winchester. I learned all
about RAM drives using the whopping 320k of memory. 720k when someone
figured out how to fool the DMA controller chip.
Yeah, the O scopes, the VOM. Radios, Radio Control radios and servos,
the list goes on and on...
Brian
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