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Cash in your surplus gear. Advertise it here in Silicon Chip.
amplifiers, TVs & videos. Open Sat.
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(02) 645 3173 BH or 726 1613 AH.
ANTIQUE RADIO
ANTIQUE RADIO RESTORATIONS.
Your one-stop electronic repair shop.
Specialising in restoring vintage radios
including chassis rewiring, quality new
parts, valves, valve sockets, speakers,
transformers, cabinet restoration.
Quality secondhand radio dials & parts
for most brands & models. About 400
radios in stock for restoration & parts.
Every restored wireless is covered by a
2-year warranty on parts & service .
French polishing of timber cabinets
available. Vintage car radios in valve &
transistor types available for restoration. Repairs done on tape decks,
FOR SALE
WEATHER FAX programs for IBM
XT/ATs * * * "RADFAX2" is a high
resolution, shortwave weather fax,
Morse & RTTY receiving program.
Needs CGA, SSB HF radio & Radfax
decoder. Also "RF2HERC",
"RF2EGA" & "RF2VGA", same as
RADFAX2 but suitable for Hercules,
EGA & VGA _cards respectively . $35 .
* * * "SATFAX" is a NOAA, Meteor &
MEMORY EXPANSION
9x4MB
-120ns 28.00
-1 OOns 29.50
- 80ns 31.00
- ?Ons 36.00
- 60ns 46.00
-100ns 97.00
- 80ns 99.00
- ?Ons 115.00
- 80ns 94.00
- ?Ons 99.00
- 80ns 550.00
DRAM/DIP
4164
41256
41464
4 x256
1MB
-1 OOns
- 80ns
- 80ns
- 80ns
- 80ns
9 x256
9x1MB
8x1MBMAC
4167-33
2220.00
TOSHIBA LAPTOP
T1 DOOSE
2MB 515.00
T1600
2MB 370.00
T31 OOe
2MB 370.00
T3i OOSX
2MB 370.00
T3200SX
2MB 370.00
T3200
3MB 615.00
T5100
2MB 370.00
T5200
2MB 370.00
COMPAQ
386 -20, 386-25, 386-20e
386-S, 386-33
680.00
4MB MODULES
780.00
4MB BOARDS
PS 2
2MB 250.00
30/286,50
2MB 290.00
70E61,121
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182.00
296.00
416 .00
448.00
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610.00
650.00
1210.00
WEITEK
990.00
1600.00
1720.00
387SX-16
387DX·20
387DX-33
2.50
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2.90
9.85
9.85
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Sales Tax 20%. Overnight delivery. Credit cards welcome.
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Rev J board, Ver 4.3 EPROM and instructions $39. Cable board $9. P&P
$3. Serial board and many other options available. Send a 43c stamp for a
free catalog to: Don McKenzie, 29
Ellesmere Crescent, Tullamarine 3043.
KITS AVAILABLE FOR the ETI Digi125
$17 .95 plus $2.50 p&p . Heatsink not
supplied. Kits built and repaired .
Repairs to radio control toys. Model
railway projects designed and built.
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for projects in SILICON CHIP. Electronic
Toy Services, 2/111 Glynville Drive,
Hackham West, SA 51 63. Phone (08)
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BREAKOUT BOXES. Datacom
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needs EGA or VGA colour monitor &
card, plus "WEATHER FAX" PC card.
$45. * * * All programs are on
5.25-inch or 3.5-inch discs (state
which) & include documentation. Add
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Phone (07) 358 2785.
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case $10.
LOOP ANTENNA. Improve signal
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UC3906 IC SOFTWARE: from the
author of the SLA Battery Charger in
SILICON CHIP, March 1990. Allows you
to quickly design a charger for any SLA
battery between 4V & 30V. Available
on 5.25-inch 360K disc for IBM XT/ AT
(GWBASIC required), C64/C16, Apple II
(FPBASIC required) with instructions.
$19.95 each (please specify computer) . Only from D. Yates, PO Box
134, French's Forest, NSW 2086.
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ROBOTICS: experimenter's kit. Includes IBM-PC controller, PSU, stepper motor, manual, software $99.
Digital voice recorder TMS-334 7 chips
$25.
PROJECT PCBs: ETI-DIGI 125 audio
amp $9/pair, ETl-1623 IBM PIA card
$39. 95, 6502 / Z80 / 6809 miniprocessor $49.
PRE-BUil T AUDIO AMPS: 3.5W
LM380 $20, LM1875 $30, 150W
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IC-150 $99, 300W IC-300 $179,
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$199, Audio ToolkitTool-1 $69, FET-1
super quality stereo preamp $20, Bass
& Treble $23.
PC Computers, 36 Regent St, Kensington, SA. Phone (08) 332 6513.
SMARTWORK POST-PROCESSOR: if
you own a HP? 4 7 5 or compatible flat
bed plotter you can plot your own PCBs
direct on blank board ready to etch. PP
plots 1: 1 and mirror image. Only $99.
PC Computers (08) 332 6513.
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May, June & July 1990 . PC board and
software to generate waveforms. Both
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PO Box 49 , Kingswood, NSW, 2750.
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new , never used, Lynden PD
48-240-2RSA. Suit environmentalist.
1 9 -inch rack mount. Metered. $400
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testers . Battery operated . Two units
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resistance to 1 00MQ at 5.00V DC);
other two units are BM7-250 (50MQ at
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testing tel.ephone safety . As new in
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TWO ONLY Y AESU YC-500S frequen cy counters. 1 0 Hz to 500MHz. Used,
without manual , operational. $200 ea.
TWO ONLY AVO AM/CW signal
generators. Model CT- 3 78 . 2MHz to
225MHz . $ 150 ea.
ONE ONLY A WA GAIN measuring attenuator. 80dB rang e, metered . Type
No . 5AR8030 . $ 50 .
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DC to 1GHz; 0-1 4 0dB, 1 0dB & 1 dB
steps. Type TF 21635. $300 .
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AM /CW signal generator. 10-4 50 MHz .
ModelHP608C . $250 .
Call fax or write to: AV-Com m Pty Ltd,
PO Box 386 , Northbri dge 2063. Fax
(02) 949 7095 . Phone (02) 949 7 41 7
(answering service) .
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W ANTED: ELECTRONICS Australia TV
field strength meter. P Allford , Derby
7264. Phone (003) 5 4 2 138 .
WANTED : HD6481 80 OR 2800 ch ip &
RAM disk software for Mictrotrix
system . 26 Bunburra St, Parra Hills
West 5096 . Phone (08) 25 0 1869.
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Hycal Instruments ...... ... ... .. 123
Jaycar Electronics .. .. ..... . 36 -39
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PC Marketplace .... .. .... ..... .. 1 03
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Resurrection Radio ... ........ ... 65
Rod Irving Electronics .... 28,29,
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Silicon Chip Subscriptions ... 79
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PC Boards
Printed circuit boards for SILICON
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• Electronic Toy Services,
2/ 11 1 Glynville Drive, Hackham
West, SA 5163 . Phone (08 ) 382
8919.
• Jemal Products, 5 Forge St,
Welshpool , WA 6106 . Phone
(09) 350 5555.
• Marday Services, PO Box
19-189, Avondale, Au ckland,
NZ . Phone 88 5730.
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Forest Rd, Bexley, NSW 2207.
Phone (02) 587 3491 .
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