The beginning of hacking... Hmmm... Makes sense now... :)
>ok. I think I had one of those moments too... trying to get a VHF-
>only
>TV work with the UHF band... Cable TV converter's were rare and
>expensive - if only I had a photo of the converter's circuitry
>then,
eh? this also reminds me i way back when KBC was the only channel
available and we were no where near Nairobi. So my brother tinkered
around with the UHF bands and mashed up an aerial something you can
pull out a sci-fi movie.....for some awkward reason we managed to
configure a dipole which received some indian channels which made
us feel like heroes!!
Sigh, good old days......nostalgia at its best....and that was the
beginning of hacking....well someone said these stories need morals!
-tyrus
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