Interesting Mailbag letter from an Ian Farquar in the latest Feb SC mag, talking about the "simple, pedestrian and straightforward" projects being published these days, compared with the innovative projects of the early EA (e.g. EDUC-8 and MiniScamp). I'm surprised SC published it, as it does pull a few punches.
He's got some good points when you compare todays component availability with that of yesteryear, and some of the leading edge projects being published in the other mags. Admittedly the other mags like Circuit Cellar have most of the projects submitted by readers, often as part of very competitive design contests, thus it's easy for them to draw in very high tech and innovative projects. Perhaps SC could try a similar scheme?
I'll certainly agree with the valve amp and vintage radio stuff. I know there is a huge vintage radio following, but I've always believed that the column does not belong in a magazine called Silicon Chip.
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Dave :)