2 Mar
2001
2 Mar
'01
8:19 a.m.
Tony,
Neat find! Yes, that's the same MITS. They got their start selling kits
ofor clocks and calculators and the like. A friend of mine has one of their
clocks. I've been trying to talk him out of it but no such luck!
Joe
At 06:42 PM 3/2/01 +0000, you wrote:
Several years ago I interviewed Forrest Mims III (one of the co-
founders of MITS, and also the author of piles of Radio Shack
project books, many of which kept me out of trouble when I was
Changing the subject somewhat...
I was in the local public library today, and on the 'for sale' shelf I
found a book entitled something like 'Electronic clocks and watches'. It
was published in 1975. I quickly grabbed it for 20p (say 30 cents...)
It contains _schematics_ of many early-ish digital clock kits from
companies like Heathkit and (which is why I mention it) MITS. I assume
this is the same MITS.
-tony