Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.1 (Fortune) 6/7/84; site dmsd.UUCP Path: utzoo!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!ulysses!mhuxr!mhuxt!mhuxj!houxm!whuxlm!harpo!decvax!ittvax!dcdwest!sdcsvax!sdcrdcf!hplabs!hpda!dmsd!bass From: bass@dmsd.UUCP (John Bass) Newsgroups: net.news Subject: Re: satellite netnews costs Message-ID: <156@dmsd.UUCP> Date: Wed, 19-Dec-84 06:05:46 EST Article-I.D.: dmsd.156 Posted: Wed Dec 19 06:05:46 1984 Date-Received: Sat, 22-Dec-84 07:35:02 EST References: <466@vortex.UUCP> Lines: 16 Lauren's in the right ball park on unit costs given a comercial market ... the $500 dollor pricing will be agressive given the market size. It would be helpful if an ongoing technical disclosure would appear on this network to allow others the chance of viewing (and participating??) in the stargate project during it's trial. How about disclosure of technical info to allow HighTech types to build a decoder? Online wirelist of Laurens prototypes, parts lists, design information, alignment info, source to microcontroller, etc ... would be both informative and go a long way to removing questions of keeping the info locked up to support private enterprise funded by USENIX. I imagine that their are a number on engineers on the net with the skills to build (and design) such decoders given enough information on the subject ... I don't see any reason why it could be posted to the net now ... John Bass