[sdiy] Old electronics magazines

[dan snazelle]

do they sell the cds?

thanks



On Dec 15, 2011, at 1:39 PM, Mark Codling wrote:

> The mapin support team have all the old mags on CD.
> I managed to get them to track down a digital delay kit article for me.
> 
> If you get the right guy on the right day he might have a trawl
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From: synth-diy-bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> [mailto:synth-diy-bounces at dropmix.xs4all.nl] On Behalf Of Tom Wiltshire
> Sent: 15 December 2011 15:16
> To: David Anderson
> Cc: synth-diy at dropmix.xs4all.nl
> Subject: Re: [sdiy] Old electronics magazines
> 
> In the UK, the Maplin magazine used to have some good stompbox and synth
> stuff, though that was not its main focus. Don't know if it's turned up on
> the web anywhere yet. I still have a soft spot for the autowah circuit from
> Maplin. It was a LM13700-based 12dB/oct SVF driven by an envelope follower,
> and had a very aggressive "waccawacca" sound.
> 
> T.
> 
> On 15 Dec 2011, at 14:10, David Anderson wrote:
> 
>> Yes, Popular Electronics (Don Lancaster and Forrest Mims were regular
> contributors)  and Radio Electronics (Lancaster, Mims, Ed Roberts, and John
> Simonton contributed many articles) were the two biggies.
>> 
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popular_Electronics
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Radio-Electronics
>> 
>> When Popular Electronics shifted away from projects in the mid 80s, Modern
> Electronics was started:
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_Electronics
>> 
>> Also look out for Hands-On Electronics 
>> http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hands-On_Electronics
>> 
>> I assume you know about Polyphony/Electronic Musician.
>> 
>> If you're not yet a subscriber, check out Nuts and Volts. A few years ago
> there was a good series of articles on cmos and op amps.
>> http://www.nutsvolts.com/
>> 
>> You may also want to dig through old (late 60s-mid 80s) issues of
> Electronic Design Magazine and EDN.
>> 
>> In the UK, Electronics Today International was really good. Everyday
> Practical Electronics is pretty good too. Australia's Silicon Chip is a fun
> read. Elektor (from the Netherlands) started publishing in English in 1975;
> I've seen good articles in it.
>> 
>> A lot of these magazines turn up on eBay but I'd recommend going to your
> local library and seeing if you can get back issues on microfiche. Or hit up
> garage/estate sales.
>> 
>> David
>> 
>> On 12/15/2011 1:06 AM, dan snazelle wrote:
>>> thanks everyone!
>>> 
>>> by the way, those BYTE magazines are AMAZING!
>>> 
>>> were there other magazines from that time that had so much info on
> hardware? articles from lancaster,etc?
>>> 
>>> wow
>>> 
>> 
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