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Oldies but goodies - sparkz_alot - Oct-19-2016
Sometimes I feel a bit nostalgic and I will just browse the web, usually looking for something specific and ending up miles (megabytes ?) away, forgetting what it was I was originally looking for. That was the case this morning. In my very early youth, I was really big into kit building, usually from Heathkit and Conar and built everything from stereo speakers (the easiest) to an oscilloscope (the hardest). Then one day, I came across this: Altair 8800 . All those lights and switches, I was mesmerized. It was, alas, the kit that got away as I was not able to afford the (then) hefty price tag.
Also during this morning, I ran across a more recent news article: Ancient Commodore 64. Now who'd of thunk
RE: Oldies but goodies - Larz60+ - Oct-19-2016
I bought a couple of these for my kids.
I'm pretty sure that at least one of them survived and is stored away.
I also bought them both games every time there was a gift occasion.
Though I never tried it, their favorite was one called 'car wars'
RE: Oldies but goodies - ichabod801 - Oct-19-2016
Loved Car Wars. I used to run a Car Wars league in my game store. Although, that was the table top game, so maybe we're talking about different things.
My dad got me a Heathkit for a computer with only an octal display and a similar keyboard, but I never built it.
RE: Oldies but goodies - Ofnuts - Oct-19-2016
Speaking of Heathkit, I came across a Heathkit ham radio microphone in a yard sale about a month ago. Always wondered what it was doing there (no other electronic gear in sight, and this things cannot be connected to you usual consumer elctronics...). I used to salivate a lot over their catalog in the 70s, but never bought anything from them.
RE: Oldies but goodies - Larz60+ - Oct-20-2016
I have been in amateur radio since I was 7 years old.
I built several transceivers from Heathkit and always enjoyed them the most.
RE: Oldies but goodies - Skaperen - Oct-20-2016
(Oct-19-2016, 02:36 PM)sparkz_alot Wrote: Sometimes I feel a bit nostalgic and I will just browse the web, usually looking for something specific and ending up miles (megabytes ?) away, forgetting what it was I was originally looking for. That was the case this morning. In my very early youth, I was really big into kit building, usually from Heathkit and Conar and built everything from stereo speakers (the easiest) to an oscilloscope (the hardest). Then one day, I came across this: Altair 8800 . All those lights and switches, I was mesmerized. It was, alas, the kit that got away as I was not able to afford the (then) hefty price tag.
my mother bought one of those. she got the 2nd floppy drive and the printer, too
(Oct-20-2016, 12:00 AM)Larz60+ Wrote: I have been in amateur radio since I was 7 years old.call?
I built several transceivers from Heathkit and always enjoyed them the most.
mine is edit: removed
(Oct-19-2016, 11:41 PM)Ofnuts Wrote: Speaking of Heathkit, I came across a Heathkit ham radio microphone in a yard sale about a month ago. Always wondered what it was doing there (no other electronic gear in sight, and this things cannot be connected to you usual consumer elctronics...). I used to salivate a lot over their catalog in the 70s, but never bought anything from them.
someone bought the big gear in the previous yard sale. too bad you missed it.
RE: Oldies but goodies - Larz60+ - Oct-20-2016
Don't want to post that here.
RE: Oldies but goodies - sparkz_alot - Oct-20-2016
Skaperen, I agree with Larz60+ about not posting his call. You should edit out your call (if you can't, perhaps a mod will do it for you). 73
RE: Oldies but goodies - Kebap - Oct-20-2016
Edited and removed the call. You can post it again if you want, but remember the advise against
RE: Oldies but goodies - Ofnuts - Oct-21-2016
What are call if not userids in the big ham radio forum?