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From: shirriff@sprite.berkeley.edu (Ken Shirriff)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: VCR PLUS+ ...PSSST...WHAT'S THE CODE?
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Date: 27 Apr 91 17:54:37 GMT
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In article <GUEST.91Apr26180111@geech.ai.mit.edu> guest@geech.ai.mit.edu (Guest Account) writes:
>For those of you who have heard of VCR PLUS+, does anyone know how the
>date, channel, start time and stop time are encoded into the program
>number?

I was wondering the same thing a couple days ago.  After studying the
codes for a few minutes, I figured they must be encrypted in some way.
Maybe it's a conspiracy to force people to buy TV guides?

Ken Shirriff				shirriff@sprite.Berkeley.EDU