Modem tones over television or radio

From: Chuck McManis <cmcmanis_at_freegate.com>
Date: Thu Dec 10 13:37:04 1998

I got just two words for you:
        Actimates Barney

In this case it is "have your toy 'look' at the television set..."

At 01:10 PM 12/10/98 -0600, you wrote:
>At 10:35 AM 12/10/98 -0800, Chuck McManis wrote:
>>TouchTones(tm) are used all the time in satellite feeds to cue local
>>programming.
>
>Yes, I've heard those - although they're in the audio, they're
>supposed to be stripped before the audience gets the signal, no?
>
>With the advent of software modems and ubiquitous sound cards,
>you'd think we'd see more occurences of "hold your microphone
>up to the speaker (or earpiece) to receive data". Or a little
>data in the audio track on a CD - it's today's equivalent of
>"Paul is dead," no?
>
>- John
>
Received on Thu Dec 10 1998 - 13:37:04 GMT