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From: brian@king.csd.mot.com
Newsgroups: comp.misc
Subject: Re: X*Press data service on cable ?
Message-ID: <4156@motcsd.csd.mot.com>
Date: 5 Jun 91 21:45:43 GMT
References: <1991Jun4.071157.1@ssdvx2.mdcbbs.com> <908@treehouse.UUCP>
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andyp@treehouse.UUCP (Andy Peterman) writes:

>In article <1991Jun4.071157.1@ssdvx2.mdcbbs.com> lawson@ssdvx2.mdcbbs.com (Jim Lawson) writes:
>>I have discovered that my cable service offers a data service called
>>"X*Press", It looks like a one-way data feed over the existing cable line to
>>your home computer.
>>Does anyone have input on this?

>[...]
>You buy a converter box that simply receives the FM modulated carrier
>and spits out 9600 baud of text data out of an RS232 jack on the back.
>You get software for your computer (IBM, Mac, Atari, Amiga) that listens
>to this data stream and separates news articles and stock quotations.

I bought the converter when it first became available here in Sunnyvale CA
(~1981?) and have used it occasionally since then.  At that time the price
was outrageously low -- $49 or something like that when 1200 baud modems
were going for $500.  I don't know what they charge now.  I believe that
you can get information by calling 800-7PC-NEWS.

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-Brian Smithson
 Motorola Inc., Computer Group, Commercial Systems Division
 10700 N. De Anza Boulevard, Cupertino, CA 95014 USA, (408)366-4104
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