On Wednesday 10 September 2025 21:22:55 Andrew Randrianasulu via tde-users wrote: > чт, 11 сент. 2025 г., 06:12 William Morder via tde-users < > > users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>: > > On Wednesday 10 September 2025 18:47:24 dep via tde-users wrote: > > > A long day and night with Commodore OS, in case anyone's interested. > > > > > > https://ofb.biz/safari/article/1350.html > > > > > > dep > > > Pictures: http://www.ipernity.com/doc/depscribe/album > > > Column: https://ofb.biz/author/dep/ > > > > Commodore Amiga 64 was my very first desktop computer. My son tried to > > break > > it by playing games like "Defender of the Crown", using the keyboard and > > mouse were actual lances and swords. > > > > It occurs to me that, if data can be deliverered via shortwave, why not > > internet? Also why not internet over the radio / televison spectrum? > > > > I do have a shortwave radio receiver, though I don't use it much. I > > wonder if > > I could hack it to receive data over shortwave, then somehow transfer it > > to > > my laptop? I do have a patch cord, but that's just for sound ... I think. > > > > Maybe somebody else out there who knows more about these things (thinking > > of > > you, Gene!) might be able to tell me why this cannot possibly work. > > https://github.com/Rhizomatica/mercury > > I searched for "radio modem" > > I think it works, just at speed like 7-8 kilo *bits* per second, not even > close to practical speeds of infamous last of its kind "56k" analog phone > line modems. > > At some point it was supposedly possible to catch and decrypt satellite > internet transmissions, but for now stronger encryption made such "fishing" > impractical? Only heard about it from friend, never had any satellite > receiver. > > > Bill > > Yes, this is sort of on the right path of what I am wondering. I do already know that smartphones, for example, already have a radio chip, just that in most cases they are deactivated somewhere along the food chain, because providers want us to use radio apps to receive radio over wifi, rather than just to be able to pick up local broadcasts. Also, wifi is itself a kind of radio broadcast, of sorts, right? but not the same, different part of the spectrum. But that's not quite what I am after. I wanted to know if it is possible, for example, to hack old radios, radio parts, the radio / televison spectrum, whatever, to be able to send and receive data; that is; to create a sort of backup internet, or alternate access ... for example, if one is caught in an emergency situation, or is, like myself, fond of remote places far from the amenities of civilization. I don't imagine streaming videos, or downloading huge files; I only meant, maybe it is possible to send and receive emails or text messages, or to access internet with a plaintext browser such as lynx (or links2, or similar variations). This could be useful in some situations, even possibly a lifesaver in extreme circumstances. Bill ____________________________________________________ tde-users mailing list -- users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx To unsubscribe send an email to users-leave@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx Web mail archive available at https://mail.trinitydesktop.org/mailman3/hyperkitty/list/users@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
