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From: wolfson@mot.com (Steve Wolfson)
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Subject: Speaking of Heathkit
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Date: 5 Feb 91 14:47:45 GMT
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Heathkit is still around and there are two or three stores left in the
area.

A few years ago when Zenith bought them out to get the computer
technology the Heathkit part began to diminish a bit, especially since
it became cheaper to buy built than the kits.  A friend of mine who
was an engineer for Zenith Data Systems said that they would pull the
key caps off of keyboards that were imported for the "Kit" versions of
the PC clones.  Since the purchase of ZDS by Group Bulle, the status
of Heath may be in doubt, but they are still in Benton Harbor (where
the Zenith computers are made as well).