Rare. Here's the info from Pong-Story.com: Heathkit's GD-1999 is a strange PONG system. Although Heathkit was famous for selling high quality products, the GD-1999 was not a real kit. As a matter of fact, this system was a clone of National Semiconductor's "Adversary" system (model 370, released after NS launched the MM-57100 game chip in 1976). The system is same as the Adversary with one exception: the label says "Heathkit GD-1999" instead of "Adversary", and the model passed from 370 to GD-1999. Another reason for not being a real kit is the electronic circuit board. Rather than being hand soldered, it came fully assembled, adjusted and tested. Only a few solders were required to wire the controllers to the circuit. The rest was really simple: screwing the two parts of the case after putting the circuit inside. The user manual shows quite well the ease of assembling: only four double-sided A4 pages instead of the thick 100-page manual full of illustrations and details like of the GD-1380, which was a true kit. Talking about the electronic circuit board provided by National Semiconductor, another obscure system (supposedly a kit) was made by GEMINI (model 7640) and used the same circuit. If the Gemini 7640 was released in late 1976, the GD-1999 was released in 1977 and sold at a very low price. Curiously, not many sold (maybe a few thousands or less)
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Micfri At:7:19 PM
dang it dan
NutMan At:6:01 PM
butter
Kevin J Baird At:4:08 PM
Jelly
kolop1 At:1:40 PM
Peanut.
Jedihillis At:1:37 PM
You're not kidding Kevin. I went to CNN and the audience was nothing but geriatrics.
Kevin J Baird At:11:58 PM
The Republican Convention is always filled with a bunch of "Good Ole Boys" like a rich man's rodeo. I can't stand it.
bigdog21 At:10:11 PM
There's a really loud southerner on CNN's coverage of the RNC. "Yeeah! Fred Thompson! YEEEEEAH!" Seems to yell "yeah" for every applause break.
Kevin J Baird At:8:15 PM
Bigdog, appears your 1 year was up on 8/12/2008. It reverts you back to Normal user status when that happens.