Finally one I know.....
At one time these supported a kind of one way newsfeed... If your cable
system was so equipped these boxes would decode a stream of data and send
it on to a dedicated MAC/PC that would sort articles into catagories. It
was sort of like a newsfeed without it being interactive.
I remember we were given a (postal) mailing address to sent notes
to... they would transcribe the notes and add them to the system.
I already had access to USENET and thought it a bit archaic then... Then
was a long time ago.
Think of it as a teletext service without any graphics....
George Rachor
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George L. Rachor Jr. george_at_rachors.com
Hillsboro, Oregon
http://rachors.com
United States of America Amateur Radio : KD7DCX
On Fri, 8 Jun 2001, Tom Owad wrote:
> In a box of Apple II equipment from a school I found three of what I
> understand to be Infocipher receivers. Is anbody familiar with these?
> Do any services still exist that use them? I read the devices
> communicate at 9600bps and the one is even labeled "Desk Top Data
> Demodulator". Are these really much different than cable modems?
>
> Thanks,
> Tom
>
> Applefritter
> www.applefritter.com
>
Received on Fri Jun 08 2001 - 18:49:53 BST