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From: jimt@.ese.lmsc.lockheed.com (Jim Thompson)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: VCR+
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Date: 8 May 91 00:36:57 GMT
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	I read in a Business Week article that the VCR+ codes are
	not encrypted but compressed.  This was done so that users
	would not have to enter so many digits to program their
	VCRs.  Since it was a BW article, it did not discuss the
	compression scheme.....