When I was about 15 I lived in Teheran and had a certain amount of
exposure to US influences (DC Comics etc...). I had the Heathkit radio
catalogue and dreamed of having one to build – never did though.
Chris
On 30 Jun 2004, at 22:41, Moose wrote:
>
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> My electronic brother and I both worked, he longer than I, at a little
> shop called Zackit about half a block from the UC campus. Heathkits
> were
> our primary product. We also sold speakers, mostly Electrovoice and AR,
> turntable/changers, electronic parts, etc. We had a unique guarantee.
> If
> you built a Heathkit you bought from us and followed the instructions,
> we guaranteed it would work properly or we would fix it. All you had to
> do was bring in the finished kit and we would check it out. If nervous,
> you didn't even have to plug it in before bringing it in. That
> guarantee
> sold a lot of kits to people who would not otherwise have considered
> them. Interesting thing was that women were, in general, the most
> uncertain of their ability to build a kit and at the same time, the
> most
> likely to do it right. The instructions were phenominally good and
> women
> more often than men would just follow them literally, making no
> assumptions.
>
> Moose
>
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