Some nice reading for the tech heads amongst us - Old ELECTRONICS magazines

[Pick Holder]

Some mad guy I watch on youtube posted this link the other day.

Free PDF downloads of old 70s/80s/90s UK electronics magazines.

EVERYDAY ELECTRONICS: UK Hobbyist magazine from 1971 to 1999

Everyday Electronics was published starting in November, 1970, by the publisher of Practical Electronics as a companion novice-level magazine. Declining circulation forced a sale in 1992, and the two magazines became Everyday Practical Electronics. In 1997, Electronics Today International merged...

worldradiohistory.com

I remember buying these and making mad things as a kid. No - I did not get out much until I discovered drink and guitars at 15.

 

[strobey]

Often with PCBs taped to the front iirc!?

 

[AlanJ]

oh wow amazing. i bought that mag from about 1974 to 1979 every month. loved it.

 

[paul1962]

Built many projects from that magazine.

The adverts bring back great memories too particularly Garrard Sp25 MkIII record decks.

 

[Julian Hepworth]

Wow that takes me back. I remember one project in the 1980s where they had a model railway controller that multiplexed commands on one track to drive trains independently just as Hornby and Airfix were releasing commercials products. I wonder how many people got that to go

 

[DRD]

Brilliant share @Pick Holder

Takes me back to my school years in the mid 80s. When selecting our GCSEs when we were 14, three friends and I caused a real stink by selecting CDT-Technology rather than the expected Biology. We were all brow beaten by various senior teachers, but we held firm.

CDT was "meant" to be chosen by those with zero academic potential, and three of us went on to university.

CDT-Technology was the special forces version of CDT so we learnt about electronics, computing, and most fun of all, pneumatics.

Taking that course really was one of my better decisions. I still have the scar above my eye from when a chip blew up. Our teacher had one finger a little shorter than the others as he had upset a band saw. Those were the days. Jumpers for goalposts...

 

[AlanJ]

And the Sinclair Calculator Adverts.