[AT] OT: Flashback - Early Farmers Building County Roads

[Mike Sloane]

I built one of those GR2500(?) Heathkit color TVs. I don't know how long 
it took to build, but, even with hours talking with the tech reps, I 
could never get it right. And the remote control never worked right 
either. I finally gave it away to a young couple who had nothing (and 
the Heathkit was only slightly better than nothing). I have a feeling 
that was one of the things that helped bury the company. I still have a 
bunch of Heathkit test gear around (DMM, dual trace 'scope, resistor and 
capacitor decade boxes, etc.) and none of it works properly. I guess I 
will toss it all out someday - I can't find anyone locally who is even 
slightly interested in the old stuff. (and I have a LOT of old 
electronic stuff!)

Mike

H. L. Staples wrote:
> 
> 
> Our first color set was a kit from Heath. Took about 25 hours to assemble
> and by todays standard was a terrible set. When doing some of the alignment
> with the oscilloscope connected to the vertical, horizontal and video my
> kids got a kick out of watching Bonanza on the little green screen. 
> 
> 
> 
> No matter what I did there was always a buzzing sound when titles were
> displayed on a dark background. This thing had a built in dot generator to
> help in the set up.
> 
> 
>
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Mike Sloane
Allamuchy NJ
mikesloane at verizon.net
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"Tell me and I forget. Teach me and I remember. Involve me and I
learn." -Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790); US politician and scientist.


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