CONTENTS
Section	Article	Page
editorial	Great covers	6
news	Comdex Fall 2001 Atomic WorldLAN GibFragCON: XP	8
	The microprocessor turns 30 On the road again: nVidia's NV17M chipset	9
	DNA computers Censorship is flavour of the day What's HOT What's NOT	10
technica obscura	The paradigm of interface   Ion for Linux   Talisman for Windows	12
z-access	Show me to my slide rule	14
ground zero	Magnetic matters	16
hot box	This issue's Hot Boxes: Ee Leng's flower box Salar's skull box	18
	Ant's GT-R PC Panties' bondage box	19
x-ray	Hard drives	22
subscription	Want to win a new Radeon?	25
head to head	CRT vs. LCD monitors	26
feature	Inside the Xbox   www.xbox.com.au   www.xboxgw.com	28
	Double vision: DDR motherboards revisited  ABIT KG7_RAID  AOpen AK77 Pro  ASUS A7A266-E  ASUS A7V266-E  DFI AD70-SC Rev A  EPoX 8KKHA+  MSI K7N420  MSI K7T266 Pro2-RU  Shuttle AK31 V3.0   Soltek SL75DRV2	36
reviews	Land of sunshine	42
	Atomic benchmarks	44
	MSI 645-Ultra motherboard	46
	Hercules Prophetview 720 TFT screen Sony DCR-IP7 digital video camera	47
	Cooler Master HHC-001 HSF	48
	Seagate Cheetah X15 36LP HDD	48
	Logitech Dual Optical mouse	50
	Bitspower NP80D HSF	50
	NaturalPoint TrackIR	52
	Maxtor D740X-6L HDD	52
	TDK Tremor S150 speakers Toshiba Tecra 9000	54
	DVD Region X for PS2	56
	Belkin Nostromo n50 game controller	56
	Radeon 7500 Evil Master graphics card	57
games	Audience with the gods: Interview with Todd Hollenshead of id Software	58
	World Wrestling Federation SmackDown! Just Bring It	60
	Tom Clancy's Ghost Recon	61
	Sid Meier's Civilization III	62
	Flight Simulator 2002	64
	IL-2 Sturmovik	65
	Grand Theft Auto 3	66
	Real War	67
subscription	Want to win a new Radeon? Then it's time to subscribe.	68
games	Alien vs Predator 2	70
	World War III: Black Gold	71
	Stronghold	72
	NHL 2002	73
i/o	You breakum, we fixum	74
tutorial	Building a LED caselight   Dick Smith Electronics   Jaycar Electronics   Don Klipstein's site   Basic Electronics  How to solder guides:   a) epemag   b) aaroncake	78
post apocalypse	May the letters be with you.	84
competitions	A win away, a win away ...	87
merchandise	XMAS special - Hoe, hoe, hoe!	88
fallout	The future	98