Re: TI-H: IR links
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I have a question some of you are saying you can pick up CB radio with
your computer, how? can you tell me
If there is a program involved can you send it to abrenner@hotmail.com
thanks a lot
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Andrew Brenner
aibrenner@juno.com
abrenner@hotmail.com (attachment mail)
On Mon, 28 Oct 1996 21:23:25 EST wesleymcgrew@juno.com (Robert W McGrew)
writes:
>
>On Mon, 28 Oct 1996 16:58:28 -0600 Peter Cordes <pcomp@ntsource.com>
>writes:
>>Osma Suominen wrote:
>>>
>>> Gary Marsh wrote:
>>>
>>> > Osma: In finland, do you allow stuff like remote control cars,
>>children's
>>> > walkie-talkies and cordless phones? do they have to be
>>"registered"?
>>> >
>>> > -gee
>>>
>>> Yes, I don't mean they're illegal, but homebuilt radio transmitters
>
>>are
>>> almost always illegal to use. I think even a slightly modified
>>> walkie-talkie is illegal. The things you mentioned are not illegal
>>> unless they're bought from countries with looser regulations like
>>USA.
>>> But as someone pointed out, FCC's policy is about the same; no
>>homebuilt
>>> links in America please.
>>>
>>> Let's end this discussion about legality, OK?
>>>
>>> --
>>> *** Osma Suominen *** ozone@clinet.fi ***
>>http://www.clinet.fi/~ozone
>>> ***
>>also the FCC doesn't really give a shit because my next door
>>neighbor's
>>brother has a CB that i can pick up through my computer speakers even
>
>>if
>>his car is over a mile(1.609344 km) away. just go and build whatever
>>radio thing you want and use it to your pleasure.
>>PCoMP
>>Visit Maximus Productions home page at:
>http://www.ntsource.com/~pcomp
>>Watch for the MPG3 series of games to be coming out soon.
>>
>
>I know! I live on a very busy highway, and listen to whole
>conversations that truckers have over my computer speakers (really
>freaks out my friends when they come over to play US Navy Fighters on
>my PC, hearing someone say "There's a smokey waitin' for ya' just over
>that hill!" :-)
>
>Wasn't the government talking about doing away with the FCC at one
>time? Be pretty nice, if you ask me, all they seem to do is get in
>the way.
>
>Anyway, that gives me an idea: How about once we get a wireless link
>going, we get a multi-calc chat going. One calc could serve as the
>server and take in the signals from the other calcs, along with an
>encoded signature so that the server knows who's "saying" what, and
>then the server sends it back out to the "client" calculators.
>
>Just an idea. Probably quite stupid, and know that I think about it,
>off topic.
>
>-|/|/esley McGrew
>wesleymcgrew@juno.com
>
>
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