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North American Network Operators Group Date Prev | Date Next | Date Index | Thread Index | Author Index | Historical Re: Reporting the state of an apparatus to a remote computer patented
Speaking on Deep Background, the Press Secretary whispered: > > > > so ... mark lottor's your-machine-room-is-melting thermo+modem circa 1990 > > is what? prior art? > > Or the first project that I was senior systems analyst, back in 1979, > all published and everything -- remote sensing in farmers' fields via > satellite and X.25. (Messages contained type=value tuples, not XML.) I used to work on North Electric Paracode on a pipeline control system. It sent six bits, with 2 of the 5 spaces as longer to count decimal: 1 12 2 13 3 14 4 15 .... 9 35 0 45 It generated the longer pauses with copper-cored -48v telco relays that hung in a little longer. There were relay-based A-D converters to read meter pressures. And shift registers to sample&hold meter counts. The acceptance test was in Galion OH on the day President Kennedy said: Good evening my fellow citizens: This Government, as promised, has maintained the closest surveillance of the Soviet Military buildup on the island of Cuba. Within the past week, unmistakable evidence has established the fact that a series of offensive missile sites is now in preparation on that imprisoned island. The purpose of these bases can be none other than to provide a nuclear strike capability against the Western Hemisphere. Does that count as prior art? -- A host is a host from coast to [email protected] & no one will talk to a host that's close........[v].(301) 56-LINUX Unless the host (that isn't close).........................pob 1433 is busy, hung or dead....................................20915-1433
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