Path: utzoo!utgpu!jarvis.csri.toronto.edu!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!ukma!psuvm.bitnet!cunyvm!ndsuvm1!ndsuvax!ncoverby From: ncoverby@ndsuvax.UUCP (Glen Overby) Newsgroups: news.misc Subject: PC Exchange (Where did Stargate go?) Message-ID: <2585@ndsuvax.UUCP> Date: 20 Apr 89 19:53:32 GMT Reply-To: ncoverby@ndsuvax.UUCP (Glen Overby) Organization: North Dakota State University, Fargo Lines: 16 Is Stargate still in business? The reason I'm asking is that I just got off the phone with a company called XPRESS. They have an information service called XCHANGE which is broadcast "on top of" (the guy I talked to wasn't too technical) CNN and WTBS. I recall that Stargate was using WTBS. The scoop on XPRESS is they sell you a $125 "descrambler and decoder" and some program to run on your PC Clone (this is a LOT cheaper than what Stargate was using, as I recall). Their data is sent into your computer over a serial port. They carry 30 wire services, as well as a few of their own things. Has anybody heard of this service? They claim to be four years old and have 25K "subscribers" (since it's broadcast only, and you don't pay a subscription fee, I assume they've sold 25K decoders). -- Glen Overby uunet!ndsuvax!ncoverby (UUCP) ncoverby@ndsuvax (Bitnet)