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Stan Barr  
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 More options Nov 2 2012, 12:19 pm
Newsgroups: alt.folklore.computers
From: Stan Barr <pla...@dsl.pipex.com>
Date: 2 Nov 2012 16:19:07 GMT
Local: Fri, Nov 2 2012 12:19 pm
Subject: Re: Kodak Electronic Camera from 1975
On Fri, 02 Nov 2012 00:28:58 +0100, lawre...@gandi.cluon.com

<lawre...@gandi.cluon.com> wrote:
> Michael Black <et...@ncf.ca> writes:
>> Jim Warren campaigned (inicluding a newsprint type newsletter) for
>> sending computer programs over subcarrier on FM radio stations.  I
>> can't remember if anything ever came of it.

> There was a group that was trying to syndicate a computer-nerd radio
> program in the mid-80s -- I remember their booth at WCCF 1985? 86?  They
> had an STA with a few stations (including one bay area station) to do
> over-the-air data at the lightning speed of 4800 bits per second
> (because they used the entire audio channel to do it, and wanted to keep
> the periods of "noise" to a minimum).

> I think the number of shows they ran could be counted on one hand. :(

The BBC did some transmissions on VHF-FM and sent computer programs as
a flashing square in the corner of the tv screen while a computer show
was on air.

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Cheers,
Stan Barr     plan.b .at. dsl .dot. pipex .dot. com

The future was never like this!


 
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