Telecom-REQUEST@MIT-XX.ARPA (Moderator) (08/29/85)
TELECOM Digest Wednesday, August 28, 1985 7:38PM
Volume 5, Issue 28
Today's Topics:
a cheap EMS
NAC-MATE
TELECOM Digest V5 #26: GTE Telenet PC Pursuit
Loss of fredom in communications!
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Date: Mon, 26 Aug 1985 21:48 EDT
From: "David D. Story" <FTD%MIT-OZ @ MIT-MC.ARPA>
Subject: a cheap EMS
He might try the Greek National Academy of Technology
(I don't have the phone number offhand) and see what
facilities they might have.
FTD
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Date: Tue 27 Aug 85 18:46:25-MDT
From: Jim Forrest <JFORREST@SIMTEL20.ARPA>
Subject: NAC-MATE
An office of TELNET uses an IBM-PC and a NAC-MATE MODEM, with a program
called NACMATE.EXE (or NACMATE.COM) to dial various nodes to check such
things as number of calls (and much much more). They were very interested
in using an IBM clone, but were unable to get the clone to run the NACMATE
MODEM properly. It appeared to dial, as the LED flickered, but never made
it to the phone. The clone had been 100% compatible on hundreds of programs
tried on it, even those that usually present problems on clones. Only three
wires actually are needed from the serial connector to the NACMATE MODEM
with the PC, but every attempt to cable the clone properly failed.
Does anyone have any experience with or knowledge of this system? The
clone tried more than any other was a Kaypro 16 2 (MSDOS with 2 floppies).
Appreciate any info, so I can pass it along.
Jim
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Date: Tue, 27 Aug 1985 21:31 MDT
From: Keith Petersen <W8SDZ@SIMTEL20.ARPA>
Subject: TELECOM Digest V5 #26: GTE Telenet PC Pursuit
The PC-Pursuit files were originally stored in squeezed binary in an
archive format known as a LBR file in order to conserve space. I have
received so many requests from readers who cannot extract the files
and unsqueeze them that I have now created a special directory just
for those files and they are now all ascii.
Filename Type Bytes CRC
SIMTEL20 directory MICRO:<CPM.PCPURSUIT>
ACCESS.DOC.1 ASCII 1122 2CF3H
BBSLIST.DOC.1 ASCII 3877 EB23H
EQUIP.DOC.1 ASCII 2527 1A4BH
FIDO.SESSION.1 ASCII 7199 34C2H
HOURS.DOC.1 ASCII 614 6EBDH
HOW-TO.DOC.1 ASCII 2712 F47FH
NEW-USER.DOC.1 ASCII 1302 95E6H
--Keith
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Date: Wed, 28 Aug 85 04:40:31 EDT
From: Paul R. Grupp <GRUPP@MIT-MC.ARPA>
Subject: Loss of fredom in communications!
I thought this would be of interest to all...
-----forwarded message starts here-----
Date: Thu, 22 Aug 85 20:52:54 EDT
From: Keith F. Lynch <KFL at MIT-MC.ARPA>
To: Security at RUTGERS.ARPA
Re: Watching TV
I don't know if anyone noticed, but a few weeks ago the Supreme Court
threw away a right that Americans have had since day one.
It has always been the case that everyone had the right to receive any
signal being transmitted on any frequency using any kind of receiver. You
didn't always have the right to do whatever you wanted with these signals,
such as tell anyone about them, but you could always listen to them (or
watch them) alone in the privacy of your home.
But now the court has ruled that people are breaking the law if they
watch sattelite TV that is intended to be charged for, even if it not
scrambled.
Comments?
...Keith
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I was struck with horror and disbelief after reading this message. The
implications of this ruling set the way for making it a crime to monitor
radio signals unless the sender gives express permission to do so. I
suppose this could lead to making it a crime to even own certain receiving
equipment! I've seen this in other countries but NEVER thought it would
happin here in FREE AMERICA!
-Paul
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