[BC] homebrew (was:Westinghouse WOWO)

[Jeff Johnson]

>
> > I built my first 'solid state' (major term at the time) superhet from
> >  scratch for a science fair project in 1959 or so. Worked great! (I was so
> >  pleased ...)
>
>Was it a kit, or did you design the entire ckt fron scratch? I can't remember
>the 1'st radio I built or fixed... there've just been far too many in the
>interim. :)
>
>Willie...

Completely homebrew design and build. It was rather stylish, also (young 
designer/geek in action). A designer/geek is a bad combination. I was 
accepted in 1962 to attend U. Cincinnati for Industrial Design and MIT for 
EE. I chose design. Good choice? Bad choice?

I can see the importance of mentoring. When I visited MIT with my family 
the summer of 1962 to make my decision, I wandered back in among the 
cabinets of a mainframe. I got kicked out even though I said I had been 
accepted to attend the school. If the person who had kicked me out said, 
"Here's my card. Look me up when you've begun school and I'll show you how 
this thing works," I would have chosen MIT without a second thought. 
Turning points.

Jeff.Johnson at goodnews.net