Heathkit Hero 1 Manual
It cost him $5000 dollars.He's taking a big chance.Consider:. Existing original manuals can still be sold. He'll have to hit a price point low enough that it doesn't drive buyers into the gray market. Although epay will probably honor DMCA prohibitions, there's no way to prohibit 'Manual wanted' ads and private, offline, copying deals.
The manuals could be sold from a foreign country that doesn't honor U.S. Copyright law. Some early Heath manuals are probably public domain already. IANALB, I think the copyright runs for 54 years.He's got 20 years or less to recoup his costs, and I can't help but wonder how 'deep' the demand pool is. At best, it's a break even proposition when you count postage, labor, advertising, etc. I don't have a financial calculator handy, so I'll ask someone else to figure the future value of 5k at.
He'll have to match that number just to break even.73,Bill W1ACLogged. Go to the main site to read other interesting information.Then click on Heath Manuals. On the new page is where you purchase the manuals. There is a link in green to follow to Data Pro for purchase. I don't understand why he would buy those manual rights.
Copyright expiration is different today than in the 60's. I don't remember the exact time the law was changed, but the rights last longer today and I don't know if it was applied retroactive.This guy, has nothing to do with the purchase of Heathkit's Legacy Manual Duplication and Distribution. Amsterdam density functional adf program download.
The buyer of these rights and privileges is Data Professionals of Pleasanton, CALet's all get the story straight. If you have original manuals to sell, this change in ownership does not affect you.Logged. Someone else I know who had manual sales says that there are two people who claimed rights to the manuals. So which did this guy buy Pete? And beside that, they have been treated as public property for so long it may be hard to enforce. One time someone tried to enforce the copyright against the other person in the manual business and a copyright lawyer told him to ignore it. He did for years and nothing happened.Now I just wonder if this guy bought a pig in a poke?Carl, in one of the above posts, provided the link to the Asset Purchase Agreement between buyer and seller.
That should provide answers.Heathkit back in the summer, listed their entire manual business on ebay. The first listing had a very limited description and one picture of just a pile of manuals. I suspect most, if not all of the bidders, really had no clue how much 'stuff' they were bidding on. Bids went to a hair over $6K and didn't meet the reserve.
The second time it was listed, probably a birdie whispered in their ear, they posted a number of pictures, including several aisle shots (aisles of 5 drawer file cabinets); I believe approximately 27 file cabinets; and listed a reserve of either $9K or $10K. Bids didn't come close. The 3rd time they listed it, I believe the reserve was dropped to $7.5K and bidding didn't come close either.The Asset Purchase Agreement mentioned above clearly spells out former owner and new owner.Logged.
Carl, in one of the above posts, provided the link to the Asset Purchase Agreement between buyer and seller. That should provide answers.The Asset Purchase Agreement mentioned above clearly spells out former owner and new owner.Hey Pete,I am not sure if you are addressing me or Jim (who you quoted) but I will take the bait. I agree the PSA spells out the buyer and seller pretty clearly. But it does not spell out what was purchased other then:' Seller shall sell, and Purchaser shall buy, all of Seller's right, title and interest in and to all of the assets and the business owned by Seller, related to the Seller's product line known as Heathkit's Legacy Manual Duplication and Distribution.The Purchaser will be the sole authorized distributor for these assets with rights to assign and resell.' 'OK he bought some assets with a high level description. But I don't see anything that says he purchased the copyrights.He may have purchased those manuals and even the right to sell copies exclusively using the Heathkit logo and name. But does his purchase allow him to shut down other services?
I don't know. I would expect the PSA to spell out that specific issue since it is important to his business modelAll that being said there may be a market for new manuals. But why shut down old copies that were available for free?CarlA Capitalist in heart and at work!/KPDLogged. Unless the copyrights were valid and current, he bought a bunch of file cabinets full of manuals and the right to duplicate and distribute them - presumably using the Heathkit name - although this is NOT spelled out in specific, it is implied in the phrase 'heathkit's legacy.etc.' I am not a lawyer and I do not play one on TV.Bama probably did not have to pull them, but probably are checking with an attorney, and pulled them just to avoid a money sucking frivolous lawsuit?Seems like a rather weak assignment of rights given that the manuals are essentially in the public domain now for at least a decade.But, what do I know?-bearPS. Someone ought to buy the Heathkit name itself and build some moderne kitz??Logged. Carl, in one of the above posts, provided the link to the Asset Purchase Agreement between buyer and seller.
That should provide answers.Heathkit back in the summer, listed their entire manual business on ebay. The first listing had a very limited description and one picture of just a pile of manuals. I suspect most, if not all of the bidders, really had no clue how much 'stuff' they were bidding on.
Bids went to a hair over $6K and didn't meet the reserve. The second time it was listed, probably a birdie whispered in their ear, they posted a number of pictures, including several aisle shots (aisles of 5 drawer file cabinets); I believe approximately 27 file cabinets; and listed a reserve of either $9K or $10K. Bids didn't come close. The 3rd time they listed it, I believe the reserve was dropped to $7.5K and bidding didn't come close either.The Asset Purchase Agreement mentioned above clearly spells out former owner and new owner.I read that Pete. You do know what is missing don't you? There is no mention of the word Daystrom on the agreement.
Given Daystrom purchased the name and all assetts of Heath, one would think the agreement would have that name on it.There were two ex-employees who got manuals from the factory when Daystrom took everything except the manuals. They just left them there and drove away. So no one can provide a paper trail. So it appears that someone purchased a bunch of manuals and is scaring people into taking them off the web. It also appears that that person doesn't have the right to do that, and if he/she crosses the wrong person, can spend a bit more money after the lawsuit.There is also a web site that claims to own the rights to the Hero robot manual. Wonder if the party of the first part bought them as well?LoggedK7NCR.
For those of you that don’t know, the Heathkit HERO (Heathkit Educational Robot) was a ‘bot built in the early 1980s. Rick wasn’t satisfied with his model ETW-18’s programming interface, so decided to using a hacked wireless router.
Heathkit Hero 1 Basic Manual
We’d agree that things have advanced since then, since this little guy was originally programmed in machine code using an onboard keypad. As Rick points out, it’s “exactly as awful” as it sounds!To begin restoring and upgrading his robot, a kit was obtained from to allow for a serial programming interface. Although an improvement, the desire was to be able to program this robot using Python, and to not have to have a cable running across the floor all the time. A router with a serial port was obtained from a thrift store, then hacked using. After fitting the components into the robot, FR3DDY was born, “A 30 year old robot, accessible through wifi, capable of running Python.”Be sure to, which has some videos we weren’t able to embed.
He’s also included some Python code that he used to program it. If this has made you curious about the Python language, why not check out this recent post about?.Posted in, Tagged, Post navigation. I’d like to see a modernized version of Androbots B.O.B.With current solid state gyro and accelerometer technology the constant wobble back and forth could be eliminated via precision control of the wheel motors.Stability was provided by using two steeply angled wheels and mounting the batteries really low. The designer wanted an even steeper wheel angle and lower battery position, which would have almost eliminated the wobble but he was overruled by other people more concerned with how wide the robot would have to be.Another issue with the design is it never had any provision for real arms, just some supports and a few different vacuum formed ABS trays that snapped onto the sides of the body. 5, 2016 – Hello all I was one of four people who built and soldered a Heathkit HERO-1 robot with the speech board and arm options. I’m in the process of waking it up from over 30 years of sleep in my basement.
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I got the computer to say, “Ready.” That’s a start. I’m in the process of replacing the four dead 6V gel cells.
Anyone who is willing to share info to revive an old ‘bot friend is appreciated. PS I can’t find original documentation and manuals. And pdfs of that anywhere? That sounds great.
Until I find a set of manuals, any help programming my working HERO-1 ‘Bot to do something would be appreciated. I’d appreciate STEP by STEP procedures and hex code entry to: Set and show the TIME & Date, Some fun with the sonar system, Show that the LIGHT SENSOR is working. Also I am the president of a Rotary Club It would be way cool to program it to say: “Welcome to Rotary. Live the Four Way Test.
Service Above Self is what humans and robots can do. Thanks, Rotarians.” My e-mail is.