"One wonderful thing about do-it-yourself, as a movement, is that it is a powerful way of creating more skilled technicians..." The DIY "movement" actually exi

"One wonderful thing about do-it-yourself, as a movement, is that it is a powerful way of creating more skilled technicians..." The DIY "movement" actually existed since at least the beginning of the "radio movement" back in the late 1800s. Not until about the mid-1980s did it start to wane (as disposable lighters and more complex car engines and electronics packages with oddball fasteners came into fashion, and Japanese electronics displaced US-made). Check back into the early years of PC computing (before IBM introduced the PC and emphasis shifted to business) and you'll find a vital and extensive DIY "computer movement" existed. (Read Kilobyte and Byte magazines.) This may be one benefit of the financial raping of USA ... the (partial, at-least) rebirth of the realization that it's not rocket science, and the satisfactions of DIY electronics far outweigh the conveniences of box stores.