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Alexis wrote: > This reminds me of the square BSB (B-Sky-B?) antennas that were around a > few years ago. They had some kind of array of little rectangles under > the paint, I believe. Went the same way as Betamax of course... > > Alexis Phoenix > > As I recall it the device was called the squarial and it was to be used by what was supposed to be sky's main competitor, BSB (British Satellite Broadcasting I think). However they went bust before startup and were merged into sky, hence the B Sky B and the current satellite monopoly.... -- Simon Robert www.oldhouse-cottage.co.uk -- The Mailing List for the Devon & Cornwall LUG http://mailman.dclug.org.uk/listinfo/list FAQ: http://www.dcglug.org.uk/linux_adm/list-faq.html