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From: kfl@hoxna.UUCP (Kenton Lee)
Newsgroups: net.micro
Subject: Re: zenith Z150 as a kit?
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Date: Mon, 20-Aug-84 10:23:09 EDT
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Posted: Mon Aug 20 10:23:09 1984
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The latest Heathkit catalog lists the Z150 and Z160 kits for about
$1500 to $1600 each.  That is a great price for a quality
PC-compatible.

I built a Z100 kit a couple of years ago.  All of the critical
boards came pre-assembled, so you just have to bolt them in.  Fit
and finish on the cabinet were excelent, so everything went
together very easily.  Almost all of the soldering was on the
floppy controller card, which took a couple of evenings.  I think
the whole machine took me about 10 or 12 hours to build, and saved
$1000 over the assembled price.  I expect that the Z150 and Z160
are similar to the Z100.  You can check out the kit at your local
Heathkit store.  Sales people there are usually very helpful and
technically competent.
-- 
Kenton Lee, Bell Labs - WB
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