RE:[OT] Magazines was FW: The demise of Maplin

[Keith Doxey <keith.doxey@xxxxxxx>]

Hi Neil

Both still trading.

Magenta	http://www.magenta2000.co.uk
Greenweld	http://greenweld.co.uk

I never bought Hobby Electronics which was an offshoot of ETI.

I started with Everyday Electronics and Practical Electronics in 1973 and
added Electronics Today International in 1976. I bought electronics and
Music Maker when Maplin started it and it then became Electronics and
Beyond. I also had a spell of buying Elektor as well.

I now just get two.....
the snappily titled 3 for 1 offering

"Everyday Practical Electronics incorporating Electronics Today
International"

and "Electronics and Beyond"

By Disco Lights you are obviously remembering the liquid colour wheels for
Optikinetics projectors which were one a mainstay of nightclub lighting.
They are still in production. Take a look at http://www.optikinetics.com/
to see some of the designs. I think that the ones you refer to had names
like "Orgy" but in these more politically correct times these
seem to have
been discontinued.

Keith

-----Original Message-----
From:	Neil F [SMTP:automated@xxxxxxx]
Sent:	20 October 2000 13:11
To:	ukha_d@xxxxxxx
Subject:	Re: [ukha_d] FW: The demise of Maplin

There was also 'Magenta Electronics' & 'Greenweld'....They gone too?

Have to agree with all comments made about Maplin...Does anyone remember
the
'spacey' disco light filters that Maplin used to do c1979 ?? Some saucy
ones
i seem to remember! (Hey! I was 12 year old boy :-) )
Anyone got any old 'Hobby Electronics' mags? I'd love a scan of the cover
of
one for noststalgia sake...the only one I remember had a grandfather clock
on it with a seven segment LED display.

Neil




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