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Re: HeathKit Catalogue

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From: Marvin Minsky
Date: Thu, 17 Jan 1991 15:15
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In article <1991Jan17.051057.22484@athena.cs.uga.edu> mcovingt@athena.cs.uga.edu (Michael A. Covington) writes:
>Well said, about Heath. It was a nice era in its own way, but
>technological progress has made kits obsolete. Thankfully, electronic
>equipment no longer requires painstaking assembly by hand
>(so you can't save any money by offering to do this yourself).

Right on.  The equipment is better, but my impression is that the
entering engineering students have fewer skills than they used to. 

(On the other side, I read an article by some historian who asserted
that throughout recorded history, senior professors have always
complained that their new students are worse than they were in the
good old days.)
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From: minsky@media-lab.MEDIA.MIT.EDU (Marvin Minsky)
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Subject: Re: HeathKit Catalogue
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Date: 17 Jan 91 15:15:18 GMT
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