On Wednesday 10 September 2025 18:47:24 dep via tde-users wrote:
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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.
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.