Silicon ChipBook Store - July 1997 SILICON CHIP
  1. Outer Front Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Publisher's Letter: Backing up is not hard to do
  4. Feature: Electric Vehicles; Where Are They Now? by Sammy Isreb
  5. Review: Philips 48-Inch Rear Projection TV by Leo Simpson
  6. Project: Infrared Remote Volume Control by Leo Simpson
  7. Back Issues
  8. Order Form
  9. Project: A Flexible Interface Card For PCs by Rick Walters
  10. Project: Points Controller For Model Railways by Rick Walters
  11. Serviceman's Log: The neighbour who made things worse by The TV Serviceman
  12. Project: Simple Waveform Generator by John Clarke
  13. Book Store
  14. Project: Colour TV Pattern Generator; Pt.2 by John Clarke
  15. Feature: Computer Bits by Jason Cole
  16. Feature: How Holden's Electronic Control Unit Works; Pt.1 by Julian Edgar
  17. Product Showcase
  18. Feature: Radio Control by Bob Young
  19. Vintage Radio: Revamping an old Radiola by John Hill
  20. Notes & Errata: Multimedia Amplifier, October 1996
  21. Market Centre
  22. Advertising Index
  23. Outer Back Cover

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  • Colour TV Pattern Generator; Pt.1 (June 1997)
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  • Colour TV Pattern Generator; Pt.2 (July 1997)
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  • Turning Up Your Hard Disc Drive (June 1997)
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  • How Holden's Electronic Control Unit Works; Pt.1 (July 1997)
  • How Holden's Electronic Control Unit Works; Pt.1 (July 1997)
  • How Holden's Electronic Control Unit Works; Pt.2 (August 1997)
  • How Holden's Electronic Control Unit Works; Pt.2 (August 1997)
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  • Radio Control (November 1996)
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  • Model Plane Flies The Atlantic (May 1999)
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  • Tiny, Tiny Spy Planes (July 1999)
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