I've received several incredibly generous donations of equipment, books, manuals, and software over the years. This page is to give credit to the people that felt it was important to help preserve the information and equipment, and took the time to find a good home for their equipment. If you have any old Heathkit computer related items that need a good home, feel free to contact me at the email address below.
My sincere thanks goes out to everyone listed. These donations have greatly helped allowing me to preserve the software and information relate to Heathkit computers. As I have time, more pictures and information will be added to the site.
Since this page was added after many of the donations, I have attempted to contact the donors and will only include full names if they have given permission. If I haven't been able to reach them, or if they have decided to remain anonymous, I've only used the person's initials.
John Kerschen
John, from Colorado Springs, CO, contacted me in early 2010 and offered an H89, external drives, software, and manuals. Due to current space constraints, the H89 went to another collector who needed the soft-sectored controller that was in the system. The H89 was shipped directly to the other collector, to help minimized the chance of damage during shipping. I received the majority of the other items.
Rodney Nelson
Rod, from Eureka, CA, offered a very large collection, that included an H89, H77, external 5.25" drives, Z100, 8" external drive, Votrax Talk-n-type, and a HUGE collection of software and manuals. The entire collection required 11 boxes. Six boxes were used for the manuals and disks, with a total shipping weight of 250 pounds. Five boxes handled the equipment, with a shipping weight over 200 pounds. I received this in July 2009. Most of the collection has been inventoried. There are many unique software disks that will be a great addition to our library.
P. R.
After attempting to get an H89 systems working with a soft-sectored controller for several years, P. was nice enough to offer a working H89 with a soft-sectored controller. In 2006, P. sent not only the H89, but also a second H89, several external drives, manuals, software, many spare boards, spare disks, etc. He even covered the large shipping cost. This huge collection that came in 5 large boxes. At the time, it was much more Heathkit equipment than I had. Even now, the number of spare boards and chips will help in repairing any systems.
David Keeney
David, from NH, provided an H89, H77, plus a bunch of software, books, and manuals for the cost of shipping. Several of the software titles were unique and was added to the software library. I also received books on the Z80 CPU that has helped with my emulator.
P. E.
P., from Grand Rapids, MI, provided an H89, H77, software, and an Epson MX80 printer. This was the first donation in 2005 and provided me with a backup system as I was working on my other H89.
A Boston-area Company
A company from Boston provided a box full of Heath-related items and covered shipping. This included periodicals (several years of REMarks, HSCOOPs, and Staunch 8/89er), manuals, chips, and media.
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If you have any question or comments, or if you have any old Heathkit equipment or software available, please contact me at: mark (at) garlanger (dot) com