My dad designed and wrote the 150-in-One project for Tandy. I developed the black and white photos that he took with his Canon camera out in the sun (um, that may have been for his books). My brother drafted the schematics. It was a family event! :) Glad to see so many young people enjoyed it so much! My dad was always a teacher.
Wow thats cool. My Dad had a TV repair business and I was around 10 years old when I got this kit. I built the fish caller oscillator and took a small speaker from a doner radio. I sealed the external speaker in a planters peanut can. It worked! I used to put the speaker against the side of our fish tank and the fish would come to that side to investigate the sound. I later dropoed the sealed speaker can into a sand pit pond with ckear water behind our house and the fish were definately drawn to the sound! What a great memory. 🙂👍👍 (I also had the 200 in 1 kit so its may have been that kit in which I tested the fish caller).
@@sailgoal Haha, I forgot about the fish caller! I think I first used it on my aquarium fish (they didn't care, lol) and then even tried it during a family ice fishing trip (with no success).
That is so cool! I had the kit as a boy. My Dad owned a Radio Shack franchise and was a communication engineer for CBS. That kit was a brilliant design and was so much fun. We created an electronic whoopie cushion to rig chairs for dinner guests.
Thanks so much. I had that exact same kit when I was 10 years old. Great to see it in operation again. I made the exact same circuits as you did - I definitely remember those springs and components. Thanks.
I had this model! It provided hours of fun. It also removed the mystery/fear of electronic components. I wished they made them today for my kids to use/learn.
I still have this kit when I bought it around the late 70's from Radio Shack. I lost the original manual but I found a pdf file online and I will pass this on to my son.
Enjoyed that tour thanks. I'm restoring an early 70s kit, 50 in 1, wooden box, all germanium. Do you happen to know the coil voltage for the relays in these? I think I need a replacement.
This got me started in the magical world of electronics .. I modified Vox so when it heard a sound the relay would turn on my casset recorder then after 5 sec ( delay cap ) turn off .. ohh the fun I had with that … LOL
Prices are not in € but in Belgium Franks. In those days of Tandy, there was no €. So, i think that invoice was for small components, probably a 9v battery and 2 1.5 AA battery
As a kid some 40 years ago, I made the vox voice project, the colpitts oscillator, rc oscillator, the digital counter probe, the fm x-mitter, the am/fm radio, the crystal radio(probably everyone's favorite) the different meters, etc... Mines I think had a few IC's. 555 being one of them, and a few 4000 or 74ls packages... Might be 4066 and 4001 or 4002. I could be wrong.
I have bought the 40 in 1 electro magnetic kit science fair NEW and the connections are tarnished. I suspect even the wires... what do I do, Please help. Beautiful, spanking new and doesn't work. I tried 1 lamp with new wires and barely worked. So I know the components work, just 50 years old thats all...
