From: mike 

On Mon, 4 Jun 2007 22:56:59 -0400, "Geo."  wrote:

>"mike"  wrote in message
>news:f14963hk1csg9761aa8hs1p5oncv6jg441{at}4ax.com...
>
>> In some cases, yes.  In some cases, no.  For example, in the 60's and
>> early 70's, Heathkit was in a large techie/hobbyist market.  Yet that
>> kit-making market never became a mainstream market.
>
>That kit making market, the one where the PC started? It's not the kit that
>was the market, it's the finished device.

Heath pre-dated the PC kit market.  Long before that Heath sold radio, TV
and other electronics kits.  Kit making was the market that Heath catered
to.

 /m

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