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Re: Why Questars are so great

Subject: Re: Why Questars are so great
From: Davoud
Date: Thu, 27 Apr 2006 13:18:20 -0400
Newsgroups: sci.astro.amateur
Davoud wrote, inter alia:
> > As a communications specialist in the U.S. Armed Forces from 1962-1970
> > and a U.S. Government civilian communications officer from 1970 - 1994
> > I am /quite/ familiar with ARPANET, DARPANET, DCA (now DISA, my last
> > assignment before retiring), and the early days of the Internet.

Edward Erbeck wrote:
>     Davoud, you forgot Autovon.
>     Only reason I remember it is We used it to call Home and to request
> Songs on the Wolfman Jack Show.

Didn't forget it, but we had different voice systems, including
AUTOSEVOCOM -- Automatic Secure Voice Communications. Trouble was,
neither Sky & Telescope /nor/ Wolfman Jack had secure terminals ;--)

Davoud

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