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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 & GMS weather satellite picture receiving program. Uses EGA &
VGA modes, 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
$3 postage. ONLY from M. Delahunty,
42 Villiers St, New Farm, 4005 Old.
Phone (07) 358 2785 .
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BWD OSCILLOSCOPE, 35MHz Dual
Trace , Model 830. As brand new. Paid
$1600, sell for $900 (no offers) . Contact Claude on (086) 28 2435 anytime .
MY AUSTRALIAN DESIGNED lowcost super-fast Z80 micro-controller
development system has gained acceptance already with educational institutions. Pop it on the end of any PC
MS DOS or Z80 machine and away you
go. Boards, EPROM and 360K disc
$76 including postage for a short form
kit. Gee, I wish I had this when I was a
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SILICON CHIP
2C-08
2C-10
2C-12
2C-20
2C87- 8MHZ
2C87-10MHZ
2C87-12MHZ
2C87-20MHZ
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$330
$359
$430
$490
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$640
3C-1_6 3C87-16MHZ
3C-20 3C87-20MHZ
$680
3C-25 3C87-25MHZ
$840
3C-33 3C87-33MHZ
$990
These pices include Sales Tax. Stocks
are limited at this price, so order early.
FIVE YEAR WARRANTY
CAD CONNECTION
PHONE (02)957 6719
FAX (02)954 5550
CONNECTION
CAD
MEMORY EXPANSION
SIMM & SIP
9 x 256
9 x 4MB
·120ns
·100ns
· 80ns
· ?Ons
· 60ns
-100ns
· sons
· ?Ons
· sons
· ?Ons
• sons
N/A
23.00
23 .80
24.70
30.00
79.00
81.50
89.50
76 .50
82.00
528.00
DRAM/DIP
4164
41256
41464
4 x 256
1MB
-100ns
· sons
· 80ns
· sons
• sons
2. 10
2.40
2.50
7.65
7.65
9 x 1MB
8 x 1MB(MAC)
Prices At Sept. 13, 1990
CO-PROCESSORS
INTEL
8087-2
80287-10
80C287-1 2
387SX· 16
387DX-16
387SX-20
387DX·20
387DX-25
387DX·33
175.00
308.00
390.00
435.00
478 .00
490.00
538.00
680.00
835.00
CYRIX
400.00
490.00
750.00
387SX-16
387DX·20
3870X-33
TOSHIBA LAPTOP
TIOOOSE
T1600
T3100E
T3100SX
T3200SX
T3200
T5100
T5200
2MB
515 .00
2MB
340.00
2MB
340.00
2MB
340.00
2MB
340.00
3MB
570.00
2MB
340.00
2MB
340.00
COMPAQ
386-20. 386-25. 386·20E , 386-S, 386-33
4MB MOD ULES
680.00
4MB BOArds
798.00
TOROID POWER
TRANSFORMERS
From quality UK manufacturers.
Available from stock at discount
prices, 15VA to 625VA. Send
SSAE for data & prices to:
Transformer Discounters,
PO Box 542, Wahroonga 2076.
IBM PS/2
PELHAM
WEITEK
3167-20
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4167-33
820.00
1010.00
1500.00
1780.00
30/286.50
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2MB
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250.00
280.00
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Sales Tax 20%. Overnight Delivery. Credit Cards Welcome
1st Floor, 100 Yarrara Road , Pennant Hills , NSW 2120.
Tel (02) 980 6988 Fax (02) 980 6991
MAX 1/0 Board
Kit $169.00 Buitl & Tested $269.00
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7 x Relays SPST 2 amps each
8 x Switch inputs (TTL)
1 x DAG (Digital to Analog converter)
1 x ADC ( Analog to Digital converter)
4 x Motor Drive outputs (40mA ea.)
1 x Programmable timer output.
MAX includes a 20 page manual with all schematics,
parts layout etc., a 360K PC compatible floppy with
diagnostic and sample software in GW-Basic. MAX
runs from a PC compatible Printer pert for full
compatibility with a large range of computers. Same
day dispatch of orders. Credit cards or personal cheque
welcome.
Phone: (08) 332 6513 or Fax: (08) 364 0902 (24 hours)
ELECTRONIC TOY SERVICES, PO BOX
491, NOARLUNGA CENTRE, SA 5168.
Phone: (08) 382 8919
LOOP ANTENNA
Improve signal strength & quality with this portable
antenna. Kit $44.00. Built and Tested S69 00
COMPACT INDOOR FM ANTENNAS
Two models to choose from, Terk FM2000 a passive loop
FM antenna for $69 .95 or the Terk Pl2 powered FM
antenna with wideband low noise filter for S199.00.
KIT REPAIRS
We can also provide assembly facilities for small
production runs at competitive prices
Kits repaired from all
magazines. PCs and
peripherals also repaired
Ring anytime 9am - 9pm
JILOA (TECHNIKIT DIVISION)
EEM ELECTRONICS
LEARN WITH UCANDO TRAINING
COMPUTER ANIMATED VIDEOS
10 Bouverie Place
Epping Vic. 3076
(03) 401 1393
PC Computers 36 Regent St,Kensington, SA,
MODEL TRAIN CONTROLLER project
Silicon Chip November 1990, $19.95 plus
$2.50 p&p. Plugpack, 12VAC, 1.7A, suitable
for the above (use rectifier), $29.95 plus
$4.00 p&p. Kits built & repaired. Prototype
production board supplier to the hobbyist &
supplier of SILICON CHIP project PCBs.
ACTIVE SHORTWAVE ANTENNA
SILICON CHIP, JAN 1990. Complete kit S59 00, Built and
Tested $119.00, Case $10.00.
FIX-A-KIT
$20.00 PER HOUR LABOUR
3 MONTHS WARRANTY ON REPAIRS
12 MONTHS WARRANTY ON CONSTRUCTION
Service to most types of electronic equipment
TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
HVCAL INSTRUMENTS
Design. Manufacture & Repair of Electronic
Equipment
Trading Hours 8am to 3pm, Monday to Friday
(02) 633 5897
PO Box 73, Glenhuntly, VIC 3163.
Telephone: (03) 571 6303
VT201 53 Mins DC Circuits
VT202 71 Mins AC Circuits
VT203 54 Mins VCR Maint.
VT204110 Mins VCR Repair
VT205 47 Mins Semiconductors
VT206 55 Mins Power Supplies
VT207 54 Mins Amplifiers
$75.42
$79.54
$75.42
$114.97
$75.42
$75 .42
$75.42
Mastercard/Visa/NZ Cheque to :
Electronics Assembly Company
PO Box 21191, Christchurch,
New Zealand. Phone (03) 79 5570
Price includes postage & packing.
kid. For more information, send a 43c
stamp to: Don McKenzie, 29 Ellesmere
Crescent, Tullamarine 3043.
CREATE YOUR OWN DIGITAL WAVEFORMS
FOR SALE: 5mW LASER. Fully built
power supply. $350. (02) 728 4768.
As described in SILICON CHIP in March 1990, May 1990 & June 1990. The
software can also be used for the similar project (Simple PC Function Generator) described in Electronics Australia in January 1989.
ANTIQUE RADIO
Software & PC Board: $39.95 incl. p&p. Software only: $32.50 incl. p&p.
Money Order or Cheque. Guaranteed delivery within 14 days.
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.
M. Radvanyi, PO Box 49, Kingswood, NSW 2749.
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 restora-
tion. Repairs done on tape decks,
amplifiers, TVs & videos. Open Sat.
10am-5pm; Sun. 12.30-Spm. 109 Cann
St, Bass Hill, NSW 2197. Phone (02)
645 3173 BH or (02) 7261613AH. SC
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ASK SILICON CHIP - CTD FROM PAGE 101
Advertising Index
Altronics .............................. 52-53
ing Feedback with Equalisation",
p106, August 1990). I have decided
to take your advice on frequency shifting the whole signal slightly with a
"Howl Round Stabiliser", though the
pitch shifting chips (MC1495) are
rather hard to find. (S. P., Melville,
WA).
• We have not considered doing an
expander although the circuit is not
much different from that of the compressor. We'll put it on the list of
projects for 1991. How about that?
The Motorola MC1495 should be
available from VSI Electronics (Australia) Pty Ltd in Perth. Try them on
(09) 328 8499.
Volume control needs
better matching
I have built two Studio 200 Stereo
Control Units, as described in the June
and July 1988 issues of SILICON CHIP.
Both work well but they both have
the same problem. When I want to
listen at very low levels, when the
rest of my family is asleep, I find that
one channel is louder than the other.
Is there a design fault in the circuit or
is there a modification I can make to
improve the problem? (M. K., Stanmore, NSW).
• What you are experiencing is not a
design fault but the normal lack of
matching between sections of the
volume control when it is set at very
low levels. Just about all controls on
stereo amplifiers have the same problem unless a higher cost, specially
matched vo lume control has been
install ed.
Japanese firms such as Alps do
manufacture closely matched dual
ganged volume controls but they.are
not cheap or readily available. It might
also be possible to purchase such a
volume control as a replacement part
for a Japanese amplifier.
One other way around the problem
would be to put in an extra switch to
reduce the gain for low level listening, similar to a Mute switch. That
way, you could listen at low levels
but have the volume contro l set to
say, 9 or 10 o' clock, where the control matching is reasonable. This
could be achieved by switching a
22kQ resistor in series with each section of the Balance control.
Another way could be to wire one
pair of the Source inputs for lower
gain. If you listen to CD most of the
time, connect a 120kQ resistor from
the CD input to the Aux 2 input, in
each channel. Then when you select
Aux 2, you can listen to CDs with a
higher setting on the volume control.
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Christian Blind Mission ............ 97
David Reid Electronics ........ IFC ,1
Dick Smith Electronics ........... . 5-7
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Electronic Solutions ............ 25,81
Electronic Toy Services .......... 103
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PC Boards
Printed circuit boards for SILICON
CHIP projects are made by:
• Electronic Toy Services, 2/111
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, Auckland, NZ. Phone 88
5730.
• RCS Radio Pty Ltd, 651 Forest
Rd, Bexley, NSW 2207. Phone (02)
587 3491.
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