[Heath] Heathkit computers

[Nick England]

McIntosh did make the MC-30 amp in kit form as a Mac-Kit 30
Not a Heathkit but the same era
http://www.virhistory.com/ham/oldheathkits.htm#hifi
Cheers,
Nick England K4NYW
www.navy-radio.com


On Sun, Feb 2, 2020 at 2:43 PM Brian Wood <brianwood at qwestoffice.net> wrote:

> I am interested in audio and WISH the Heathkit of old was around to make
> new preamps, processors, AVRs, monoblock and stereo amps, speakers, etc.
> I’d love to have something like a McIntosh that I could build myself. Still
> use the AR-1302 stereo that I built in ’73.
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> It’s still my dream to get done with the ham transceiver kit we are
> working on (see www.dzkit.com) and some follow-on ham projects to have
> time for some cool audio kits. I tried to convince the president of
> Parasound to let us turn their stuff into kits, but didn’t get very far.
>
>
>
> Sigh.
>
>
>
> Brian, W0DZ
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> *From:* Heath [mailto:heath-bounces at puck.nether.net] *On Behalf Of *BRIAN
> CONRAD
> *Sent:* Sunday, February 02, 2020 11:28 AM
> *To:* Mark Garlanger; heath at puck.nether.net
> *Subject:* Re: [Heath] Heathkit computers
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>
>
> Nice to see some posts - anyone out there interested in Heath Audio??
>
>
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> *From:* Heath <heath-bounces at puck.nether.net> on behalf of Mark Garlanger
> <garlanger at gmail.com>
> *Sent:* Sunday, February 2, 2020 11:43 AM
> *To:* heath at puck.nether.net <heath at puck.nether.net>
> *Subject:* Re: [Heath] Heathkit computers
>
>
>
> Knowing the location would definitely help, since these systems are very
> heavy and fragile, local pickup would be much safer than shipping. I've
> received H89s, where the CRT mounts broke, and the monitor was loose in the
> case. The earliest H89 CRT mounts are horrible. Heath later enhanced the
> CRT mounts, I'm guessing since they had very high failure rates even back
> in the 80s. Now that the material is going on 40 years old, I'm sure they
> are even more fragile.
>
>
>
> Eric, and anyone else interested in old 8-bit heathkit computers, you
> should check out the SEBHC(Society of Eight-Bit Heathkit Computerists) mail
> list. I didn't come up with the name, but I am the current owner/moderator
> of the list. You can see all past posts here:
> https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/sebhc and if it is something you
> are interested in feel free to send a request to join, or even just follow
> the publicly available archive.
>
>
>
> Mark
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> On Sun, Feb 2, 2020 at 10:24 AM Eric Mynes <kc8wzb at gmail.com> wrote:
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> I am.  I love old computing and Heathkit stuff.  Where is it located?
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> 73,
>
> Eric
>
> k8ohz
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> On Sun, Feb 2, 2020 at 11:17 AM vtoback--- via Heath <
> heath at puck.nether.net> wrote:
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> Anyone interested in H89 and H77?
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