[sdiy] Intro and Question: Any Useful Parts in my Robot?

[WBerzinskas at nc.rr.com]

ahh the hero..  what a neat little robot.. i remember seeing one when 
i was like 4-7 (ya, i'm fairly young)  when my dad worked at sperry 
wheeler..    i think that's part of what got me into electronics..     
if i were you, I'd hold onto it..   but that's just me..    
----- Original Message -----
From: Gogegous <gogegous at gmail.com>
Date: Tuesday, June 7, 2005 3:56 pm
Subject: [sdiy] Intro and Question: Any Useful Parts in my Robot?

> Hi list,
> I have been lurking for about a year now and it's time to say HI.  
> Sincefinding this list I have become very interested in synth DIY 
> and have
> started slow by building a few kits.  My first kit was the P9700 
> modularsynth from Paia, I enjoyed that kit very much and ordered 
> an extra MIDI2CV
> and VCO module to go with it.  I recently built a variable power 
> supply to
> make testing things a bit easier, and I am currently working on 
> the VCO
> section of my x0xb0x kit.  Once the x0xb0x is done I will start on a
> Soundlab Mini Synth board that my wife got me for my birthday 
> (what a
> lady!).
> 
> A friend who noticed my new hobby gave me a broken robot.  My 
> robot is a
> Heathkit Hero1 and it looks like a pretty awesome gadget.  I fixed 
> it up a
> bit but apparently the batteries are shot and the little guy 
> complains about
> it incessantly.  I am more interested in Synth-DIY than Robot-DIY, 
> and so
> I'm thinking of getting rid of the robot.  I was going to post a 
> note at the
> local university to see if someone would consider the robot plus 
> cash for a
> scope (which I am sorely lacking) but recently it occurred to me 
> that he may
> be full of useful parts!
> 
> Does anyone out there know if these old robot kits had any 
> components that
> are of use in SDIY?
> 
> 
> 
> Thanks and nice to meet you all,
> Tim
> 
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