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N Cook

Jan 1, 1970
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Are they still made ?
Just been sorting an old junk pile and there was a faded paper bag with a
couple of
Germanium AC126 trannies with highly distinctive red slide-on boots.
These were part of a Philips construction kit I got as a crissy pres a long
long time
ago. The board, I remember, was covered in springs to tie components
together
rather than soldering.
 
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Dave Plowman (News)

Jan 1, 1970
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Are they still made ? Just been sorting an old junk pile and there was a
faded paper bag with a couple of Germanium AC126 trannies with highly
distinctive red slide-on boots. These were part of a Philips
construction kit I got as a crissy pres a long long time ago. The board,
I remember, was covered in springs to tie components together rather
than soldering.

Check out Maplin, etc. The answer is yes.
 
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Ken Weitzel

Jan 1, 1970
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N said:
Are they still made ?
Just been sorting an old junk pile and there was a faded paper bag with a
couple of
Germanium AC126 trannies with highly distinctive red slide-on boots.
These were part of a Philips construction kit I got as a crissy pres a long
long time
ago. The board, I remember, was covered in springs to tie components
together
rather than soldering.

Hi N...

Sometimes there are advantages to getting on in years;
remember getting those for the kids many many years ago...

And about 10 years ago getting one for one of the grand kids...
Fond memories of the day we built it into a rain detector -
so that if we needed to know if it was raining all we needed
to do was take it outside and within a few minutes it would
tell us whether or not it was raining :) I think he's
still pondering the wisdom of that one :)

Anyway, they were made by (or at least labelled) Radio
Shack, and available in several different sizes (50 in one,
60, 75,150, 160, etc)

There are still some around, here's a link to two of
them at ebay...

http://search.ebay.ca/radio-shack-k...5AIPQ2FPostalQQftrtZ1QQftrvZ1QQfsopZ1QQfsooZ1

And if that's too long, search for radio shack kit If you're
lucky enough to have a youngster to share it with, grab one,
you'll both enjoy it :)

Take care.

Ken
 
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clfe

Jan 1, 1970
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Ken Weitzel said:
Hi N...

Sometimes there are advantages to getting on in years;
remember getting those for the kids many many years ago...

And about 10 years ago getting one for one of the grand kids...
Fond memories of the day we built it into a rain detector -
so that if we needed to know if it was raining all we needed
to do was take it outside and within a few minutes it would
tell us whether or not it was raining :) I think he's
still pondering the wisdom of that one :)

Anyway, they were made by (or at least labelled) Radio
Shack, and available in several different sizes (50 in one,
60, 75,150, 160, etc)

There are still some around, here's a link to two of
them at ebay...

http://search.ebay.ca/radio-shack-k...5AIPQ2FPostalQQftrtZ1QQftrvZ1QQfsopZ1QQfsooZ1

And if that's too long, search for radio shack kit If you're
lucky enough to have a youngster to share it with, grab one,
you'll both enjoy it :)

Take care.

Ken

If I'm not mistaken I could swear I seen a couple at the local Radio Shack
recently. Not sure what if any differences as opposed to those from the
past, but there "were" a couple there.

clf
 
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Dr. Anton T. Squeegee

Jan 1, 1970
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Are they still made ?

Oh, most definitely. You just need to dig around a bit.

More specifically, check with your local electronics places
(and/or Google) for Velleman kits. They're good for educational
purposes, because assembling them requires soldering and basic
electronic assembly skills (lead forming, cutting, etc).

Be sure to invest in a good soldering station as well. Weller or
Edsyn come immediately to mind.

Happy hunting.


--
Dr. Anton T. Squeegee, Director, Dutch Surrealist Plumbing Institute.
(Known to some as Bruce Lane, ARS KC7GR,
kyrrin (a/t) bluefeathertech[d=o=t]calm -- www.bluefeathertech.com
"If Salvador Dali had owned a computer, would it have been equipped
with surreal ports?"
 
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Dave Plowman (News)

Jan 1, 1970
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Be sure to invest in a good soldering station as well. Weller or
Edsyn come immediately to mind.

I'd say they're a bit expensive until it's certain it's going to be a
hobby. A cheap non temperature mains one will be fine for a start. It was
many years before I could afford one, but can't remember ruining even red
spots with the old one. ;-)
 
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NSM

Jan 1, 1970
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I'd say they're a bit expensive until it's certain it's going to be a
hobby. A cheap non temperature mains one will be fine for a start. It was
many years before I could afford one, but can't remember ruining even red
spots with the old one. ;-)

Dollar store one is fine. Better to teach them to use a hot iron quickly
than a cool iron slowly. I had a teacher at college who tried to explain
grad, div and curl to me (with no success) but admitted he'd burnt the
circuit foil off a car battery charger kit trying to solder it together!

However most of the kits referred to use spring connectors.

N
 
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