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From: david@bragvax.UUCP (David DiGiacomo)
Newsgroups: net.news
Subject: Re: Satellite netnews gateway installed: "stargate" exists!
Message-ID: <274@bragvax.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 14-Dec-84 20:02:35 EST
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Posted: Fri Dec 14 20:02:35 1984
Date-Received: Mon, 17-Dec-84 03:12:07 EST
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Organization: Brag Systems Inc., San Mateo, CA
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In article <528@vu44.UUCP> jack@vu44.UUCP (Jack Jansen) writes:
>David Di Giacomo (sorry if I misspelled the name) writes about
>the $500 Lauren wants for a netnews decoder :
>> Yeah, specialized hardware -- an SBC with some RAM on it.
>... how the scheme is implemented, so I have no idea what it will cost,
>but I know that your "SBC and some RAM" approach is doomed to fail.
>Ever tried to grab a few bits that race past at 5Mhz with a 8080?

Lauren stated that the specialized hardware was necessary for upgrading
the system from 1200 baud to 9600 baud on the decoder output.  This has
nothing to do with grabbing bits at 5 MHz (1 MHz is more likely anyway).

>By the way, the data can be found on your own TV set, so why don't
>you make your own decoder, and sell it at $150,- if you think
>that $500,- is too expensive?????

That's exactly what I'll do if Lauren will provide the encoding format.
Will he sell me the decryption algorithm/key if I don't buy his decoder?

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David DiGiacomo, BRAG Systems Inc., San Mateo CA  (415) 342-3963
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