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From: david@bragvax.UUCP (David DiGiacomo)
Newsgroups: net.news
Subject: Re: Satellite netnews gateway installed: "stargate" exists!
Message-ID: <271@bragvax.UUCP>
Date: Mon, 10-Dec-84 21:31:38 EST
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Posted: Mon Dec 10 21:31:38 1984
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References: <463@vortex.UUCP>
Organization: Brag Systems Inc., San Mateo, CA
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In article <463@vortex.UUCP> lauren@vortex.UUCP (Lauren Weinstein) writes:
>As a rule of thumb, the basic decoder package
>will probably cost about $500, with another $150 or so for our
>special processing/buffering board.

This is totally bogus!  There is no reason why the decoder should cost
more than $100 (video input) or $150 (RF input).  If Lauren is turning a
profit on this, why is Usenix funding the project?

>The current demo system, at 1200 bps, will be relatively simple
>since we do not yet have the specialized hardware to do local
>buffering and flow control/error correction for high speed data.

Yeah, specialized hardware -- an SBC with some RAM on it.

This project seems to be about as well organized as the "Usenet
project".

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David DiGiacomo, BRAG Systems Inc., San Mateo CA  (415) 342-3963
(...decvax!ucbvax!hplabs!bragvax!david)