Silicon ChipBook Store - December 1994 SILICON CHIP
  1. Outer Front Cover
  2. Contents
  3. Publisher's Letter: A few milestones & a nasty discovery
  4. Feature: Cruise Control: How It Works by Julian Edgar
  5. Feature: The Grea RAM Scam Of 1994 by Darren Yates
  6. Project: Dolby Pro-Logic Surround Sound Decoder; Pt.1 by John Clarke
  7. Project: Clifford - A Pesky Little Electronic Cricket by Darren Yates
  8. Project: An Easy-To-Build Car Burglar Alarm by Bernie Gilchrist
  9. Feature: Computer Bits by Darren Yates
  10. Order Form
  11. Feature: The Stamp Microcontroller Board by Bob Nicol
  12. Feature: Amateur Radio by Garry Cratt
  13. Project: A 3-Spot Low Distortion Sinewave Oscillator by Darren Yates
  14. Serviceman's Log: Purity is not always only in mind by The TV Serviceman
  15. Book Store
  16. Vintage Radio: Valves & miniaturisation: some remarkable receivers by John Hill
  17. Feature: Building A Radio Control System For Models; Pt.1 by Bob Young
  18. Product Showcase
  19. Feature: Index to Volume 7
  20. Market Centre
  21. Outer Back Cover

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  • Computer Bits: Connecting To The Internet With WIndows 95 (October 1995)
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  • CB Radio Can Now Transmit Data (March 2001)
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