Tfalk,
I built several kits from the old Heathkit company. All were good too. I built a dual trace oscilloscope and I can't remember all the rest of the things I built. The first big computer I worked on took up two full stories and must have had a million relays. Everything was programmed by wiring which had at least what seemed to be a million little terminals sticking out and we had to use a wire wrap gun to put the little wire on once we figured out which terminals had to be wired how. I used to have one of those modems where you put the phone in the cradle but gave it away. Darn, I wish I had taken pictures back then but it was hard as cameras had just been invented.
Ron
