PRODUCT SHOWCASE
Consumer Electronics Show for Sydney
Australia's first consumer electronics show, scheduled for Sydney’s
Darling Harbour from April 26-29, will
give visitors a “sneak preview” into
the technology of tomorrow.
On display will be the largest collection of consumer electronics and
lifestyle technology ever seen in this
country. More than 50,000 visitors will
be able to experience “hands on” the
products which may well change the
way we live, work and entertain.
The latest MP3 players, DVD tech-
nology, personal assistants, ultra-thin
laptops, home theatre, GPS, digital
cameras and much more will be on
display from some of Australia’s (and
the world’s) leading manufacturers
and distributors.
April 26 and 27 will be trade only
days, running in conjunction with the
CES conference. A program of seminars and practical case studies, designed for industry professionals, will
be presented. Keynote speakers will
include former PM Hon Paul Keating,
Video, mouse &
keyboard switchers
from Microgram
Keenly-priced CD-RW drive from DSE
Anyone who has a multiple PC
installation will know just how confusing it all becomes before too long:
which monitor belongs with which
computer? And when you grab the
mouse or keyboard, Murphy’s law says
you grab the wrong one too!
Then there’s the amount of space all
these components take up: before too
long, all desk and shelf space is gone.
That’s why their new KVM Switches
are such a good idea. With the touch of
a button (or a keyboard hot key) they
switch one monitor, one mouse and
one keyboard from PC to PC. There
are units to control 2, 4, 8 or 16 PCs.
More information on the KVM
Switches can be found on Microgram’s
website or via phone or email.
Contact:
Microgram Computers
Phone: (02) 4389 8444
Fax:
(02) 4389 8388
Website: www.mgram.com.au
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Dick Smith Electronics has introduced a Mitsumi re-write CD-ROM
drive to their range which rivals
the prices still being charged for
write-only drives.
The new drive, priced at
$348, is an internal model
designed to occupy any
spare external drive bay.
offers a highly reliable
It
4x write speed, 4x rewrite
speed and a very respectable
24x read speed.
It supports most international computer standards and formats including
Packet Writing, which gives the ability
to write multiple times to a write-once
disk (until the disk is full, of course).
Minimum hardware requirement is a
Pentium 133 or higher, 32MB of RAM
and Windows 95/98/200/ME or NT4. It
goes without saying that this configuration is far below the very minimum
entry level machine available on the
market today.
Dr Hugh Bradlow (Chief Technology
Officer, Telstra), Haruyuki Machida,
MD of Sony Australia, and Mr John
Winstanley, MD of Tandy Electronics.
Ticket prices for the public sessions
of the show (Saturday and Sunday)
will be $13 for adults; children under
15 admitted free.
Contact:
CESA
Phone:
Fax:
1800 600 662
1800 600 663
The Mitsumi CD-RW is available
from all Dick Smith Electronics
stores and DSE PowerHouse stores,
or through the company’s DirectLink
service on 1300 366 644.
Contact:
Dick Smith Electronics (all stores)
Phone: (02) 9937 3200
Fax:
(02) 9888 3631
Website: www.dse.com.au
New Altronics Retail Manager
Altronics is pleased to announce the appointment of
Danny Smith as Retail Manager, heading up the company’s
Retail and Mail Order divisions. Danny first joined the
Altronics Distribution Centre team three years ago.
Quality personal customer service is at the very top of his
agenda so please feel free to contact him on your next visit
with any suggestions on how the company may improve
its service. Alternatively, Danny may be contacted by
email at danny<at>altronics.com.au or by telephone on
(08) 9328 1599.
Pocket reference guide
Jaycar Electronics now has available a handy pocket reference guide
packed with information regarding
solutions to electronic problems and
circuit ideas.
The compact guide features common formulas, tables and diagrams
in place of lengthy text based descriptions. This bestselling guide is full of
job-simplifying answers that you can
flip to in 60 seconds or less and will
become an often-used source of useful
information.
Contact:
Jaycar Electronics
Phone: (02) 9743 5222
Fax:
(02) 9743 2066
Website: www.jaycar.com.au
Tektronix catalog on
CD, paper
The new 750p a g e Te k t r o nix 2001 Test,
Measurement
and Monitoring
Products catalog
features a broad
offering of more
than 1400 test, measurement, and
monitoring products used to design,
build, deploy and manage next-generation global communications networks
and Internet technologies.
Extensive indexes list products by
name and by function, as well as by
categories such as oscilloscopes, logic
analysers, telecommunications and
video test. Tektronix sales offices,
distributors and representatives are
listed in the catalog for easy reference.
Measurement product information
is also available on CD-ROM. The
CD-ROM offers quick and easy access
to information, including data sheets
and contact information, and provides
selection guides and tutorials. Navigation is even easier this year, with no
mandatory plug-ins needed to view
the catalog.
Both catalog and CD can be ordered
from the company’s web site.
2GHz RF field
analyser from
Emona Instruments
Emona Instruments
have released the Protek 3201 2GHz RF
hand-held field strength analyser.
With wide-band reception ranging from
100kHz to 2060MHz,
reception sensitivity approximately
0-6dBµV EMF, an accuracy of ±25PPM, and
maximum scan speed of 12.5 channels
per second, the unit is designed for
testing, installation and maintenance
of mobile communication systems. It is
suitable for use with cellular and cordless phones, CB-radios, paging systems,
cable TV and satellite reception systems.
The backlit LCD display can show a
variety of different screens: waveform,
center-, span- and step frequency as
well as sweep mode, reception mode
and much more. It has narrow band
FM, wide band FM, AM and single side
band (SSB) modulated signal measurement facilities. The PLL tuning system
AUDIO MODULES
broadcast quality
Manufactured in Australia
Harbuch Electronics Pty Ltd
9/40 Leighton Pl. HORNSBY 2077
Ph (02) 9476-5854 Fx (02) 9476-3231
assures precise frequency measurement
and tuning.
A built-in frequency counter can
measure frequencies from 9MHz to
2060MHz.
Contact:
Emona Instruments
Phone: (02) 9519 3933
Fax:
(02) 9550 1378
Website: www.emona.com.au
Contact:
Tektronix Australia
Phone: 1800 023 342
Website: www.tektronix.com/mbd/
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