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		eaurouge on Dec 17, 2012 \| parent \| context \| favorite \| on: Adafruit CEO Limor Fried named Entrepreneur magazi... Yes, hobbyist electronic kits were available, both in the US and the UK, in the 90s.

gregpilling on Dec 18, 2012 [–]

I had some in the late 70s or early 80s. Canada

MaysonL on Dec 18, 2012 | [–]

Back in the early '60s (or late '50s) I had a thing called a Brainiac kit[0] - a minor league version of an IBM wire panel: I wired it up to play tic-tac-toe.

[0] http://www.word-detective.com/2007/07/brainiac/

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