Xref: utzoo comp.sys.amiga:62146 comp.sys.amiga.tech:13446 comp.sys.amiga.hardware:2647 Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!cimshop!davidm From: cimshop!davidm@uunet.UU.NET (David S. Masterson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.tech,comp.sys.amiga.hardware Subject: Re: CDTV Idea! Message-ID: Date: 19 Jul 90 18:26:04 GMT References: <9350@life.ai.mit.edu> <1159@tardis.Tymnet.COM> Sender: davidm@cimshop.UUCP Followup-To: comp.sys.amiga Distribution: comp Organization: Consilium Inc., Mountain View, California. Lines: 23 In-reply-to: jms@tardis.Tymnet.COM's message of 19 Jul 90 02:39:35 GMT In article <1159@tardis.Tymnet.COM> jms@tardis.Tymnet.COM (Joe Smith) writes: Some years back at a West Coast Computer Show (in San Francisco), a company was selling an FM modem. The idea was to download public domain software (IBM-PC) from an FM radio station that was part of the NPR network. I think they went out of business. I have seen talk/advertisements of HAM radio interfaces for the Amiga for transmission of everything including graphics. AVT (I think) is one such system that pops to mind. At one point, there was talk of the Stargate system. I believe it was an effort to put out a Usenet distribution on the spare bandwidth in satellite transmissions for TBS (Turner Broadcasting System). In theory, with the right equipment, you could pick up a full Usenet feed off the satellite and pipe it into your computer. This used to be talked about in news.stargate, but its been eons since I saw anything posted on it. -- =================================================================== David Masterson Consilium, Inc. uunet!cimshop!davidm Mt. View, CA 94043 =================================================================== "If someone thinks they know what I said, then I didn't say it!"