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

[Mikael Mørup]

Citat Gogegous <gogegous at gmail.com>:

> Hi list,
> I have been lurking for about a year now and it's time to
> say HI.  Since
> finding 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 modular
> synth 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

Hi Tim

Sell the bot and get a scope, i got one about 4 months ago
and it's the best thing i have done for advancing my Synth
DIY understanding. I sounds like you are just there where a
scope is one of the things that can get you one step up on
the SDIY ladder.

I'm not interested in the bot, but if you should ever be so
foolish as to think of parting with the wife.... :-)

Mikael