Lotus Signal Receiver, was Re: QUOTE or TICKER

From: Bill Allen Jr <n8uhn_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Thu Jan 30 21:18:01 2003

Most ticker stuff was feed via geo satellitte or fm
broadcast band S.C.A. (subsidarary carrier
authorization)

there are four sca freqs that are on channel in band
fm mono data or audio services.

ibm and others used sca or sat for ticker and other
audio/data services.

i have a clearlink plus sat modem that did two way sat
link for upi or aps.

it's a ku band tranciever but i did not get the
orignal dish with it.

it still works - you can used a standard ku band feed
horn for recieve.

most of the sca fm suff is off the air.

the rcvrs for sca and sat are eather one way (sca) or
two way(sat) addressable.

thats how they controled the subscription and auth'ed
users.

Bill

Message: 7
Date: Wed, 29 Jan 2003 17:31:48 -0800
From: Marvin Johnston <marvin_at_rain.org>
To: cctalk_at_classiccmp.org
Subject: Lotus Signal Receiver, was Re: QUOTE or
TICKER
Reply-To: cctech_at_classiccmp.org

Mike, I have what I *think* is the same thing, and it
is copyright
1986;
he was looking for pre 1984 or so. If you need copies
of the software,
*assuming* the software I have is good, it won't be a
problem. I can
bring it to TRW late this month.

Anyone know what frequency this works on, and if the
supporting
transmitter is still on the air? It indicated this was
a subscription
service, and I would be most interested to know how
they enforced that.

Mike Ford wrote:
>
> At 11:46 PM 1/21/03 -0500, Jim Keohane wrote:
> > Looking for handheld quote device, ticker
display or any
peripheral
> > for IBM PC, Apple ][, etc. to pick up ticker
broadcast via FM
Broadcast
> > or geosynchronous satellite broadcast. Does not
necessarilly have
to be
> > functioning. User manual would be great.
>
> I have a Lotus box, but no software or paperwork.
>
> Lotus FM Receiver
>
> Lotus Information Network Corp.
> Burlingame, CA
> Model No. 109-13011XX
> FCC ID No. EVL5TTRABSTROPS
> Serial No. M1300678
>
> Beeps and lights blink when plugged in, so I suspect
with the proper
stuff
> it still works, or would if the signal were still
broadcast.

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