Word: coaxial
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Dates: during 1960-1969
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Unable to complete its assigned task, a small, provincial computer may send an electronic S O S to a big brother in an other city - provided it has already been connected to its collaborator by coaxial cable and microwave radio. Computers now being set up to keep track of seat reservations for U.S. airlines will have to chatter with one another day and night...
...repeating half-hour program on what to buy, do and see in New York; this week and next, Telad will open shop on Channel 6 (normally a blank on the dial) in two other New York hotels. A rival outfit, Teleguide, will start broadcasting via its own coaxial cable to some 12,000 rooms at a dozen Manhattan hostelries this week. Its basic one-hour program will include entertainment, shopping and sightseeing news-plus weather and transportation reports, rundowns on special events, gallery openings, and availability of tickets for Broadway shows and ball games...
Telemeter set up its own broadcasting station on Toronto's Bloor Street, installed color and video tape transmitting equipment able to serve 100,000 receivers, leased 100 miles of coaxial cable to carry the transmissions. Overall cost: $1,500,000. Unlike the Bartlesville system, which cost a flat $9.50 per month for two channels, the company charged an initial $5 for installing a three-channel Telemeter box that fits any receiver, does not affect other reception. Consumers pay only for what they watch, can store up to $2.50 in the Telemeter...