This has got to be a hoax, right? The airwaves/ham radio license model really doesn't work in this area! I'd think it was pretty funny, if I didn't have niggling supicion that it might be possible for a gummint mind to think it could work. 5Mhz speed limit? Nominal charge for slowdown crystals? !!! ________________________________________________________________________ < Tony Iannotti, "SysAdmin" cc:Mail: Tony_Iannotti@prenhall.com PTR Prentice Hall email: tony@prenhall.com 113 Sylvan Avenue phone: 201/816-4148 Englewood Cliffs, NJ 07632 fax: 201/816-4146 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ On Fri, 26 Aug 1994, Al Billings wrote:
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typing skills examination and achieve no less than 40 words per minute to obtain a (temporary) novice license. This must be raised to 80 words per minute before a regular-status license will be issued. Novices will restricted to operating networked computers having speeds of less than 5 Mhz or operation of SLIP or dial-up connections of no greater than 2400 baud. (It is rumored that the FCC will make 5 Mhz replacement crystals available at a nominal charge to temporarily slow computers of novice operators).