Information and manual for "Attache" Electric Lab #2982 - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / general

author: bestelctro
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: January 25, 2018, 11:53:30 pm
content: Hello. Does anyone know if the manual is available for this "Attache" Electric Lab or any information about it?

author: pelule
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: January 26, 2018, 12:44:03 am
content: As you are a newcomer - a tip:follow the rules of the forum (please read it!!) and put more details regarding your request into the subject.A bunch of people viewing the mass of daily posts - so make it easy for them to understand your request.This increaes the chance, sombody is able to help./PeLuLe

author: Cyberdragon
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 26, 2018, 03:36:14 am
content: We're going to need more and better photos than that to identify it. Make sure you get the whole box in the shot, do the sides if there's anything written on them too.1970s spring board lab kits are awesome! This one looks particularly interesting in that it's foldable but only has one side of springs. The other side appears to be some sort of modules with terminal connectors, and for some reason they seem to have two speakers and two key switches. I've never heard of "attache" so it might be quite rare.

author: bestelctro
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: January 26, 2018, 03:44:13 pm
content: Hello. I am sorry for my mistake. I thought I had it correct but as you said I should have done more. Thanks for the feedback Dave

author: bestelctro
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: January 26, 2018, 04:07:48 pm
content: Hi Cyberdragon. I have attached more pictures of the kit. It has so little information on it other than the model number 2982 & made in Japan. Everything is there other than the manual. It has a solar cell that must have been very unusual back then. My Dad bought it for me sometime between 1968 to 1976. Thanks Dave

author: Cyberdragon
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 27, 2018, 08:48:19 pm
content: I don't know if there's even enough info on the box. I think Attache is just their product name (since it's in a plastic suitcase) not the brand, although it should be unique. Since it's not coming up in searches, it must be quite rare. And that number might even just be a serial number. It says 200 projects so "200 in one" is another piece of info. The only other piece of info is that it's made in japan. So I think we're just going to have to look through Japanese elecrtronics companys that exported to Canada in the 1970s and see if they made lab kits. If 2982 is actually the serial number, then it is quite rare.Edit: Gakken kits were (and are) made in Japan, but so was a lot of stuff back then.EDIT2: Definately not a Gakken, most of theirs were under the "Mykit" branding, and they definately wouldn't hide their brand name. This may or may not be a genaric no-name lab, which would make it suprising that they actually bothered to give it a name like "attache".

author: Cyberdragon
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: January 27, 2018, 09:57:47 pm
content: I just noticed this...QuoteReally? With four transistors and a couple diodes? Of course, Tandy called that aweful thing with the switches and lights a "computer". You can get an actual computer in a springboard kit nowadays with the Maxitronix 500 in one lab.