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From: smb@ulysses.UUCP (Steven Bellovin)
Newsgroups: net.audio
Subject: Re: What's Heathkit coming to? Heathassembled?
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Date: Mon, 14-Jan-85 08:48:29 EST
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Posted: Mon Jan 14 08:48:29 1985
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Remember that the economics of kits have changed.  In the days of tubes
and hand-wiring, there was a considerable savings in labor to be had
by building a kit.  These days, what with automated part placement and
wave soldering, final assembly costs comparatively little -- but writing
and testing an instruction manual still costs a lot.