EJTHER IN
WORDS BUIZ
The names of various Video Game
Components comprise this issue's word
puzzle. Find and encircle these words as
they appear below. They run vertically,
horizontally, diagonally and sometimes
backwards.
VIDEDGAME
CDMPDNENTS
POWER
HARNESS
CONTROLS
ARTWORK
MONITOR
ELECTRONICS
CABINET
SPEAKER
COINBOX
ACCEPTOR
OHSBFOCUOZ
XSCXNKUHDK
PRINOJCAWB
PENBIZVRRZ
UKOCHAUNOV
SARUGAGETI
SETCYRGSIB
MPCFOQVSNA
OSECYI IYOT
WVLBDQNRMH
EKETQCOBYC
PWSCETRKOI
VOPLPNRZSX
MMWEOOIEIG
CXCEWRTBCG
KCCTROTHAL
AYRPCEKNPC
ZAJBQUEZOC
WKVZCFQUUC
IAKTABKKXJ
Here is the answer key to
February's puzzle:
LASERDISC GAMES
ITIVE
83. Most linear ICs are:
a. Very straight in physical appearance
- hence the name, "linear"
b. Essentially amplifiers of various kinds
c. Switching type circuits as opposed to
digital types
d. Unimportant in the semiconductor
business because their use is limited
to only a few highly specialized
systems
e. Known to only a few persons
84. Name an important and popular type of
linear IC that has extremely high voltage
gain and differential inputs, that was
originally used for mathematical opera-
tions in analog computers but is now
used in a very wide variety of applications:
a. Consumer circuits
b. Communications circuits
c. Systems interface circuits
d. Operational amplifiers
e. Sense amplifiers
85. A comparator.
a Compares digital inputs and provides
a linear output
b. Compares two input signals and pro-
vides a linear output
c. Compares two input signals and pro-
vides a digital output
d. None of the above
lnQuizitive Answers: February
79.d
80.d
81.b
82.e
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