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From: sewilco@datapg.MN.ORG (Scot E. Wilcoxon)
Newsgroups: comp.society.futures
Subject: Re: The Future of Networks
Message-ID: <2471@datapg.MN.ORG>
Date: 25 Nov 88 07:17:13 GMT
References: <8811211958.AA12050@crash.cs.umass.edu>
Reply-To: sewilco@datapg.MN.ORG (Scot E. Wilcoxon)
Followup-To: comp.society.futures
Organization: Data Progress, Minneapolis, MN
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In article <8811211958.AA12050@crash.cs.umass.edu> KROVETZ@cs.umass.EDU writes:
>I can see two possibilities for bringing networks to the
>average consumer: cable tv, and the phone system (perhaps
>they will be merged in the future).  In terms of cable tv,
>I know of one relevant experiment: Stargate.  This is a

I've had an X*PRESS modem for many months.  It cost well under $100 US,
connects to my city cable TV, and produces 9600 bps serial data.  The data
includes news, weather, sports, various feature articles, and stock market
activity.  Software for major PCs is available, but for other machines
you have to code your own (perhaps also figuring out the format).

I don't know exactly how the data is transmitted.  My cable company does
know about the service so they might have some support equipment.  All
I can see is an M/A COM label with a frequency, an empty accessory slot,
a pulsing DATA light, and the data.
-- 
Scot E. Wilcoxon  sewilco@DataPg.MN.ORG    {amdahl|hpda}!bungia!datapg!sewilco
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