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From: sbhattac@rnd.GBA.NYU.EDU (Shankar Bhattacharyya)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics,misc.consumers,rec.ham-radio
Subject: Re: HeathKit demise
Summary: Closeouts have started
Keywords: Heath Zenith Bull
Message-ID: <4126@rnd.GBA.NYU.EDU>
Date: 23 Jul 90 22:26:55 GMT
Expires: 31 Jul 90 04:00:00 GMT
References: <346@nwnexus.WA.COM>
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In article <346@nwnexus.WA.COM> nvosd@nwnexus.WA.COM (UW West ) writes:
>I heard an (ugly?) rumor the other day that Heathkit was getting
>out of the electronics kit business, and was going to start
>selling Zenith (Bull?) computers exclusively.  Has anyone else
>heard this?  Is there any truth to this?  If so, I would imagine
>that there will have to be a "close out sale" sometime, at which I
>would expect to see some bargains???

The most recent Heathkit catalog has 50% price reductions on the audio
kits. Instrument kits remain as they were.

--- Shankar

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Shankar Bhattacharyya, Information Systems, New York University
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