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Re: Computing Editorial (please read)
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In article <3E39C521.45962071@ev1.net>,
Charles Richmond <richmond@ev1.net> wrote:
>If it were advertised correctly, perhaps there is a market for electronic
>kits...but on a much simpler scale than Heathkit. Something more on the
>order of magnitude of the old Radio Shack "Electronic Labs".
I had a couple of those (the 150-in-1 and 200-in-1 models) back in the 80s.
I'm not sure if Radio Shack still carries them, though...hmm...looks like
they have a few:
http://www.radioshack.com/category.asp?catalog%5Fname=CTLG&category%5Fname=CTLG%5F009%5F001%5F000%5F000&Page=1&MSCSProfile=745D84CBF04D14A48AA6FF9C89D722C0BA68C1B04FE384678A5285FCD6E056B17AF21627FDABE316B90B3C038D68EBD6B7F9F3BD1712EAA9951ACB2590A05C6517EFE46941FEFDD1985D4EFD6321F5E70B4DE9B6C1D45512A2E2690A6961FCE4EF216E8AEBF2AB73555FE5262A1BE6BAF63C33B2B839062794E245088EA0E5CAF42718D5A8E328E8
It's anyone's guess as to whether a local store would carry the kits or if
they'd stock up on overpriced computers instead.
Fry's has a better selection of this type of item (some of the wire-and-
spring-terminal variety and some of the parts-and-PCB-to-solder variety),
but with fewer than two dozen stores, they're not exactly on every corner.
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