Kosmos X1000 to X4000 Electronic Kit - Page 1
Forum section: electronics / projects

author: numloxx
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: March 24, 2017, 12:47:28 pm
content: Hi,Back in the late 80's I was sent a breadboard type electronics kit from Germany (Family back home), it was called the Kosmos X1000. I was promised that once I had completed all the projects, and read the instruction manual, they would send me the next kit, X2000 etc etc. This never happened.So last month I found somebody in Germany who was selling these kits and purchased the X1000-4000 kitsThey are currently in Sydney and hoping to get them in Perth soon.Below are some photos of the kits and a link to further information.http://www.hansotten.com/other-kits/kosmos/http://www.experimentierkasten-board.de/viewtopic.php?p=2389Really looking forward to playing with them. I learnt so much from electronics with this kit.With each kit, they added a control panel or extra breadboard to create even more circuits.After X4000, they also has projects for cars, and other stuff like radio transmitters.

author: garnix
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: March 24, 2017, 05:08:42 pm
content: Great find :-) I had exactly the same when I was a kid! I loved them!I liked the logic exercises the most - perhaps that was the cause I'm now a Software Dev ;-)

author: Ranayna
author_rank: Super Contributor
timestamp: March 25, 2017, 10:34:35 am
content: I had those as a kid as well. Sadly they are gone now, at least i still have the booklet.Together with my brother i build a huge plywood tray to hold all the stuff, because the boxes were just too large to keep.The memories this brings back... I need to dig out the booklet again.

author: numloxx
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: April 05, 2017, 02:36:43 am
content: Look what arrived Monday

author: babysitter
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: April 05, 2017, 07:59:17 am
content: Had and loved them too, up to X2000 (and X3k+X4k handbook) and then started deviating by shopping for parts elsewhere.

author: fllniks
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: March 26, 2020, 07:06:43 am
content: Hello Everyone!It feels really nice to see that there are quite a few people still playing this this amazing Kosmos kits. As a child I really enjoyed it and now with the lockdown, I took our my kit again after several years. Unfortunately I have lost the book for Kosmos X1000 kit.By any chance, anyone has found pdf copy of the manual in English? Or if anyone would be kind enough to scan the book and send me link to download the book? I would be even willing to pay small fee for this.Best wishes to everyone!

author: numloxx
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: January 16, 2021, 12:12:34 pm
content: I sent you a messagehttps://1drv.ms/u/s!Aq2GmVaGjn6qgpRqlwhHqSY8_Lperg?e=xKr1ZrNo english I'm afraid, they only did them in German and possibly french.

author: tigrou
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 02, 2021, 09:35:00 pm
content: I had theKosmos electronic X2000 (explorer)as a kid (in the late 80's or early 90's) and I confirm there is a French version of the manual (unfortunately, I didn't know where it is, it has probably been lost at some point).In the manual, they replaced Gyro Gearloose by a character named Pulsar (as I recall it) probably to avoid paying royalties to Disney a second timeLot of fun trying the circuits (which I barely understand back then) and hacking them.

author: HB9EVI
author_rank: Frequent Contributor
timestamp: February 02, 2021, 11:22:29 pm
content: oh yea, that wakes up memories! got them all as a kid, in the end the Kosmos HighTech too, but more and more I started doing my own things and later ended up entirely in chemistryI'm still watching out for a scan of the X1000/X2000 manual; the X3000/X4000 is available for download

author: numloxx
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: February 02, 2021, 11:52:11 pm
content: https://1drv.ms/u/s!Aq2GmVaGjn6qgpRqeCBzcajdQryH8g

author: tigrou
author_rank: Regular Contributor
timestamp: February 03, 2021, 12:29:34 am
content: While searching for X2000 manual (before I found this eevblog thread) I also found this page :https://www.circuitsonline.net/forum/view/92571(go to bottom)Someone is sharing the following manuals :KOSMOS X1500 X2000 (NL)KOSMOS X3000 X4000 (NL)KOSMOS X3000 X4000 (DE)KOSMOS XN1000 (NL)KOSMOS XN3000 (NL)KOSMOS E200 (DE)@numloxx : if I open your rar archive inCDisplayEx, the pages are shown in a random order (which it make it hard to read). I have reordered them as 000, 001, ... and it works now. Here is the file :https://drive.google.com/file/d/1i76PrjZ9qHJTySl7aNW1_gSrH0o4I3DZ/view?usp=sharing

author: numloxx
author_rank: Contributor
timestamp: February 03, 2021, 12:39:44 am
content: They have the page numbers on the bottom so...

author: glx
author_rank: Newbie
timestamp: October 21, 2023, 08:37:25 am
content: Sorry for digging up this old thread but maybe it's useful for someone at some point.Some kind stranger uploaded pretty high-res versions of all the instructions on archive.org:X1000/X2000:https://archive.org/details/kosmos-electronix-x-1000-x-2000/X3000/X4000:https://archive.org/details/kosmos-electronic-x-3000-x-4000/High-Tech:https://archive.org/details/kosmos-electronic-hightech/Kosmos%20electronic%20Hightech/Radio-Tech:https://archive.org/details/kosmos-electronic-radio-tech/(You can download them in the menu with the three dots on the left hand side.)