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To: Ilaine who wrote (15482)	12/17/1998 11:00:00 AM
From: Jacques Chitte	Read Replies (3) \| Respond to of 71178

Our little thirteen-inch TV had a three-range rotary drum dial. The channels were irregularly spaced - an object lesson in the way frequencies were assigned. The UHF channels in particular required a real fine hand on that itty bitty dial. There was a position which was best. On one side - great sound, bad picture. On the other side - great picture and crunchy sound. Our new TV has just the cable input and a remote. No analog anything - even the input signal is suitably dressed up. When we get digital TV - there won't even BE a "between channels". Kinda too bad. The special quality of the noise in old radio transmissions got a whole generation of kids interested in science/technology. Bill Gates, Andy Grove, those fellas. Now the protective membrane between life's amenities and their inner workings is ever less permeable. And even its failures are incomprehensible. When your TV or car went on the fritz, the WAY it failed told you a lot about the problem. "Yah. Fuel line." Now it either RUNS or DOESN'T. And you need to plug it in to somebody's expensive, proprietary computer to find out what broke. Progress is a rocky road.

To: Ilaine who wrote (15482)	12/17/1998 12:40:00 PM
From: Kid Rock	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 71178

CB, My freshmen year in college(1981) i had a small black and white TV. In Chicago, at that time, there was no cable TV but they did have something called ON TV. With a special device, you could receive premium, commercial free movies as well as adult movies. I discovered that by tuning into channel 43 1/2 (forcing the knob to stay half-way ) i could pick up the signal without sound and just a little fuzz. Watching adult movies without sound in a small dorm room full of 18 year olds was a hoot!! Tom