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Hi Walter,

The simple answer is that the "impoverished schoolboy" obtained them for free by dismantling donated ex-govt. equipment together with many other components which in those days were of a size and robustness to withstand being re-used in a number of projects despite the soldering tool being of a type which needed heating over a flame from the gas stove!

73 de g4gvw