| Page | Text |
| 4 |
Making a Quiet PC
Cooling - heatsinks, heatpipes,
big slow fans,
Hard Discs & Floppies
Tony Houghton |
| 8 |
Integrated Heating
Solar, Solid fuel, Oil
Layout & Control system
David Moore |
| 11 |
PC Bits
Outlook Express - risky options
Configuration, Virus protection
Bimal Jangra |
| 15 |
The Engineer on.. HEAT
Heat losses: Electricity distribution,
Pipework runs
Sources: Cars, The Sun, Greenhouses
Ray Maidstone |
| 19 |
Feedback...
FreeView adaptors : Check facilities
e.g SCART In/OUT sockets
Martin Angove |
| 20 |
Feedback...
Radio code clocks from Oregon
website
Roger King |
| 21 |
Panasonic DVD Recorders
DMR-HS2 with hard drive
Facilities - Edit, Play Lists, Dub,
JPEG (Exif), Video cameras
T.O.M.S. |
| 25 |
Puzzle Corner
JigSaw, Dice-rolling countdown
Colin Singleton |
| 27 |
Ed gets Freeview - Nokia 221T
For Digital Terrestrial Television
Formats, Controls, Interfaces
Paul Beverley |
| 30 |
Oneword The station of the spoken word
On Freeview, satellite & cable
Sound quality, Content (books etc),
Web links to sources
Phyllis Brighouse |
| 32 |
Reading Glasses
Choosing cheap supplementary lenses
Save opticians' fees
Paul Beverley |
| 35 |
Techno-Snips
Toshiba unveils fuel cell for laptops
Uses methanol
website |
| |
Techno-Snips
Microwave doubles as fridge while
you're at work
Keep food frozen until cooking time
website |
| |
Techno-Snips
Yahoo revamps search engine
Hoped win back from Google |
| 36 |
Techno-Snips
IETF approach to SPAM
Anti-spam research group
website |
| |
Techno-Snips
Face scanning technology goes 3D
Computer can distinguish identical
twins
website |
| |
Techno-Snips
War wagons for peace time
US car manufacturers incorporating
lessons learned
website |
| 37 |
Glossary for 'Connecting AV Units'
(Article on p. 44..) |
| 38 |
Understanding TV - Aspect Ratios
Normal & Widescreen formats
Letterboxing, Cropping, Anamorphics
Martin Angove |
| 44 |
Connecting AV Units - Part 1
e.g. Digibox, VCR, TV
Links: RF, Composite, S-Video, RGB
SCART connectors, adaptors
Richard Watkinson, T.O.M.S. |
| 48 |
GPS: Ah, so that's where you think
we are, is it?
Navigating to countryside 'letterboxes'
Steve Golding |
| 52 |
The History of Recorded Sound - Part 7
1970-80 - More channels + multi-tracks
Domestic & Pro. cassette recorders,
Surround sound - recording, matrices
Brian Pickad |
| 58 |
A Pretty Kettle of Fish?
History of kettles, trad. to electric
Brian McIlwrath |
