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Old 31st May 2021, 12:14 pm   #6
Timbucus
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Default Re: Heathkit Computers and the UK especially H8

Thanks Sirius for the support - yes it was lovely that Mark was prepared to share a little bit about his Dad and it does give an extra push to do the restoration justice. I really think all of these early hobby systems are rooted in their builders and how the world was then - it is hard to remember how important those magazines, specialist shops and the catalogues were to do anything before the internet.

It is possible a specialist channel may pick it up I suppose, as some of the big YouTube trash to treasure electronics and computer vloggers do attract a lot of views. I watch a few myself and would make the effort to tune into a professional program with good production facilities. In the end it would likely need to be more superficial than even my 20 minute skims are.

I make them as they act as a useful quick index into the more detailed knowledge that the resources I link too like this site provide and will hopefully act to encourage the remaining rare machines to be preserved rather than sent to landfill as they emerge from attics and sheds across the world.
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