Gavin McCullagh wrote:
> Hi,
>> On Mon, 22 Dec 2008, Kae Verens wrote:
>>>>I'm intrigued - didn't know there was a non-legal use for them - I have
>>four at the moment that I'm using for a robot, but will not need them in
>>a week (building an I2C-based replacement for them - less cables and
>>fiddliness).
>>>>what is this hookie cable-tv box trick that you're speaking of?
>>> There are apparently, replacement set-top boxes available for the likes of
> the NTL (and presumably chorus) digital service. These don't enforce
> control on which channels may be viewed.
>> From what I gathered, apparently some of them need reprogramming
> occasionally with a new key or something and this is done from a pc over a
> serial console. This could be very wrong, but that's what I understood
> from the shop assistant.
I got a satellite dish from Lidl a couple of years ago. The decoder box
that came with it has a serial port. Always wondered what that was for.
Frank
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