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More broadcasting-related oddware: An ISA card to download data from one of those big satellite dishes to your PC, in 1996.

@vwestlife : In , dishes weren't common so used simiar cards with terminals, usually accepting downlinks from regular commercial that were just data channels on and/or in the ...

  • Later they got some fancy "SAT-Routers" that combines a -S downlink and an / modem for uplink if not offered to use networks as well...

I've got one of those [www.teltarif.de]:

Basically a with some on Ethernet, Power & F-Screw-Connector on the rear, & |s and USB up-front.

  • And yes, I used that to share a connection with multiple devices, because they can do that!