Electronics Now articles from August 1993

Electronics Now archives from August 1993

Hints and tips on buying a speaker system. (part 1)
August 1, 1993... If you've been shopping for speaker systems, or reading the hi-fi directories and magazines in preparation for doing so, you should by now be fairly confused. Welcome to the club! Since even professional speaker designers can't agree as to what...

Post code reader for your PC. (personal computer)
August 1, 1993... LIKE THE VICTIM IN SOME CHEESY murder mystery who scrawls his dying message in the sand, your IBM-PC compatible computer might be trying to communicate with you. Every time your PC boots, it performs a power-on self test or POST. The POST...

Enjoy video programming throughout your house with the Video Master video distribution system. (includes related article)
August 1, 1993... EXOTIC HOME-ENTERTAINMENT containing VCR's, satellite receivers, laserdisc players, video games, security cameras, and more are certainly enjoyable. However, they often fall short in convenience. The Video Master adds that missing convenience;...

Automatic four-line telephone selector.
August 1, 1993... A "BLACK BOX" THAT ALLOWS any standard single-line answering machine or telephone to answer up to four lines will make it easier to handle up to four phone lines in your home or office. Ring selector, the subject of this article, provides that...

Phone-line simulator. (includes related article)
August 1, 1993... A LOW-COST, EASY-TO-BUILD telephone-loop simulator will permit you to test telephone answering machines, fax machines, modems, electronic telephones, automatic dialers, and other telephone-related equipment. It includes a talk battery, ringing...

The experimenter. (computer control and measuring board)
August 1, 1993... LAST MONTH WE WENT OVER THE OPERATING theory of the Experimenter, and discussed the various commands that control it. Now its' time to build it. Assembly Experimenter is constructed on a double-sided PC board with fine conductive...

Operating system wars. (includes related article) (Computer Connections)
August 1, 1993... Operating systems have been controversial as long as there have been computers. The reason is simple: The operating system is a critical link in the chain joining the economically significant computer hardware and application software. Recall...