mzenier@polari.UUCP (Mark Zenier) (03/12/91)
In article <5170119@hplsla.HP.COM> jamesv@hplsla.HP.COM (James Vasil) writes: >> D. Does anyone know the current status of Mimms. I had heard the > >I noticed that one "Forrest M. Mims, III" wrote an article on Electronic >Strain Gages for the March 1991 issue of "Modern Electronics" magazine. >(Not 100% sure this is the same person because no bio was given.) Mimms has a column in "Modern Electronics" He is also the editor of "Science PROBE!, The Amateur Scientist's Journal" . This is a new quarterly magazine published by Gernsback (Radio-Electronics, Popular Electronics). The second issue (the first one I've seen on a news stand) covers Hawaiian Volcanoes, Making a Van Leeuwenhouk style microscope, Neural Nets, Speleology (cave science), Home Weather Stations, Detecting meteors with meteor scattered radio signals, Computer Data Collection ... For subscriptions, check out a good news stand, or one of the other magazines mentioned above for a postcard. Mark Zenier markz@ssc.uucp mzenier@polari.uucp
dmturne@PacBell.COM (Dave Turner) (03/15/91)
In article <3487@polari.UUCP> mzenier@polari.UUCP (Mark Zenier) writes: > >Mimms has a column in "Modern Electronics" > With the April, 1991 issue, "Modern Electronics" has been renamed "Computer-Craft". According to the editorial, it will concentrate on PCs and microcontrollers. Is this deja vu all over again? Modern Electronics was started by the remains of the original Popular Electronics staff after its demise (possibly) resulting from its change to "Computers and Electronics". I had just renewed my subscription for three years before the "C&E" demise. My current subscription has a few months left and I don't intend to make the same mistake again. My interests are not limited to PCs and microcontrollers. Then there was Byte.... -- Dave Turner 415/823-2001 {att,bellcore,sun,ames,decwrl}!pacbell!dmturne
mcovingt@athena.cs.uga.edu (Michael A. Covington) (03/17/91)
"Modern Electronics is changing its name to Computer Craft..." What's more, if your interests *were* mainly microcontrollers, you'd be reading Circuit Cellar Ink, which is *much* better than Modern Electronics can aspire to be. -- --------------------------------------------------------- Michael A. Covington, Assistant to the Director Artificial Intelligence Programs The University of Georgia, Athens, GA 30602