[Heathkit] SB-104 / HW-104 Question

[Jeff Tranter]

The consensus seems to be that the HW-104 was intended as a low-cost
alternative to the SB-104,
sharing much of the same design but lacking the digital display.

On Fri, Jan 5, 2024 at 12:06 PM Mark K3MSB <mark.k3msb at gmail.com> wrote:

> The HW-104 came out in 1975, a year after the better known SB-104 was first
> introduced.
>
> The SB-104A, which fixed a lot of the issues in the SB-104, came out in
> 1977.
> In that same year the HW-104 (and of course the SB-104) production ended.
>
> Was the HW-104 produced just as a lower cost alternative to the SB-104,  or
> was it produced as an alternative to the SB-104 due to the
> SB-104's teething problems?
>
> Mark K3MSB
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