Silicon ChipMarket Centre - January 1997 SILICON CHIP
  1. Outer Front Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Publisher's Letter: Putting those old computers to work
  4. Feature: Networking; It's Easier Than You Think by Greg Swain
  5. Order Form
  6. Feature: Hybrid Power For Heavy Vehicles by Asea Brown Boveri Ltd
  7. Project: Control Panel For Multiple Smoke Alarms; Pt.1 by John Clarke
  8. Feature: Computer Bits by Rick Walters
  9. Project: Build A Pink Noise Source by John Clarke
  10. Product Showcase
  11. Project: Computer Controlled Dual Power Supply; Pt.1 by Rick Walters
  12. Serviceman's Log: The fireball TV set from hell by The TV Serviceman
  13. Vintage Radio: A new life for old headphones by John Hill
  14. Back Issues
  15. Project: Digi-Temp Monitors Eight Temperatures by Graham Blowes
  16. Market Centre
  17. Advertising Index
  18. Outer Back Cover

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  • Control Panel For Multiple Smoke Alarms; Pt.1 (January 1997)
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  • Control Panel For Multiple Smoke Alarms; Pt.2 (February 1997)
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  • Computer Controlled Dual Power Supply; Pt.1 (January 1997)
  • Computer Controlled Dual Power Supply; Pt.1 (January 1997)
  • Computer Controlled Dual Power Supply; Pt.2 (February 1997)
  • Computer Controlled Dual Power Supply; Pt.2 (February 1997)

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