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From: barry@pico.math.ucla.edu (Barry Merriman)
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Subject: Re: NeXT Dimension as descrambler
Keywords: piracy, digital audio
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Date: 1 Oct 90 05:36:19 GMT
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In article <51700@brunix.UUCP> cgy@cs.brown.edu (Curtis Yarvin) writes:

>>computations, it could perform real-time [TV] descrambling quite easily.
>
>Or, just as tantalizing... since the NeXT has 16-bit audio capability, it
>could serve just as easily as a "black box" for DAT.  

Or, for day to day use, you can record, analyze (on the MonsterScope) and playback the
tone access codes  used by the telephone company---free phone calls for everyone!

Sounds to me like the FCC's gonna have to shut down NeXT :-)



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Barry Merriman
UCLA Dept. of Math
UCLA Inst. for Fusion and Plasma Research
barry@math.ucla.edu (Internet)