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'How could they be so dumb?'
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The Beastmaster Presents, a MINDLESS MAYHEM release,
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the bullshit behind the bullshit of:
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CHICAGO CABLE TV, a TCI Communications Company
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Originally idea and base by AR-KANE (are you out there?)
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MAJOR restructuring and additions by THE BEASTMASTER 1/91
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*Re-Release with updates 6/24/91
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DISCLAIMER: THIS IS FOR INFORMATIONAL PURPOSES ONLY. THE AUTHOR TAKES NO
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RESPONSIBILITY FOR ANY LEGAL/ILLEGAL ACTIONS TO BENEFIT ONES
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VIEWING CAPABILITIES ON CATV.
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_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_-_
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Section I: Listing of premium channels (screwed).
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15 is The Movie Channel (TMC)
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16 is Cinemax (MAX) {Filter encoding}
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17 is Home Box Office (HBO)
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18 is Showtime (SHOW)
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22 is Disney (DIS)
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24-is Cinemax (MAX) {gated-sync scrambled}
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Section II: Rundown of each premium channel.
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15, TMC: The Movie Channel. Your average run of the mill movie channel. Just
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movies, not much else. This channel is JAMMED; you need a filter to view it.
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16, MAX: Cinemax. Mostly movies. Cinemax is currently being sent thought this
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channel and channel 24. This channel is JAMMED, you need a filter to view it,
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while 24 is scrambled with GATED-SYNC. You may wonder why they're sending
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this through two channels. Well, to cut costs, they a SLOWLY phasing out
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gated-sync, because those little filters are MUCH cheaper. In large
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quantity, they are much less than a buck. Too bad no one will sell them to
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you legitimatly unless you are Ma Cable. So in the mean time, they have it
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on two channels. So 24 will probably be some new shopping channel soon, eh?
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17, HBO: Home Box Office. Movies, lame shows, etc. This channel is currently
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TRAPPED, however, they are planning to change it to be JAMMED, for use with
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a filter. While being TRAPPED, you are not really receiving a signal, as the
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signal for that channel/frequency is blocked at the pole, that's why you
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should (hehe) have just snow on your screen. To get this free, you have to
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climb the pole and remove the trap, which is a small cylinder. I would
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suggest grabbing yours and another. Take the other, remove the shit inside,
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and run a wire connecting the middle of the F connectors to either end. This
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will be a 'dummy' cylinder. Put this back in place of the one you took out of
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your outlet on the pole, to keep Ma Cable minding her own. I would suggest
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getting a friend or two together to do this one. Have one go up the pole and
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do the work, one lookout, and one handling the ladder. You only need a small
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ladder, as there are rungs on the telephone poles to climb on.
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18, SHOW: Showtime. Same everything as HBO. See Above.
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22, DIS: The Disney Channel. Lame shit for the kiddies, no nudity, etc. Why do
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you want this channel? Hehe. It's trapped, you need a filter. See notes on
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TMC.
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24, MAX: Cinemax. See channel 16.
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Section III: Tricks and Shortcuts.
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Quick and dirty way out of stealing filters.
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If you don't care about picture quality and want a quick, cheap alternative
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to view any JAMMED channels, do the following:
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Examine the back of the TV set and find the VHF antenna terminals. Get a
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piece of antenna wire (thin flat brown stuff NOT THE SUPER INSULATED TYPE,
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Radio Shack 15-004 is the good enough) and attach a three foot length to
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the VHF terminals (do not disconnect the matching transformer which the
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CATV cable is connected to.) Tune into one of the filtered channels and
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adjust the fine tuner until you get the clearest picture. Cut off about
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1/4" of the antenna wire and adjust the fine tuner again. Continue to do
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this until you get a good picture. (YOU SHOULD NOT HAVE TO CUT OFF MORE
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THAN 6" OF THE ANTENNA WIRE.) Get a piece of aluminum foil about
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1" square and wrap it around the antenna wire and slide it up and down
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until you have a pretty good picture. This may take awhile to get
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perfect.
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_________________________________________________________________
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FM Stereo Outlet:
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If you have a stereo TV, you probably already know that not all the good
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channels are in stereo (MTV!) Or maybe you have a Gold Star 9" black and
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white TV because you're Jewish, and don't have stereo, but would like to
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hear your fav channels in stereo. Build the following FM stereo outlet, turn
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your TV volume down, and crank your radio up LOUD.
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Obtain the following parts from your local obnoxious Radio Shit salesman:
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15-1141 Hybrid Splitter ($3.95)
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15-1140 Matching transformer ($2.79)
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appropriate lengths of coax cable, one short, one long
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After getting the materials, set up as seen in the diagram:
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<20><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>Ŀ <20><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>Ŀ
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<20> out<75><74>Ŀ ________________<5F> <20>
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>Ŀ <20><>Ĵ <20><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD> <20> Cable Box <20>
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cable from wall<6C><6C><EFBFBD> <20>in<69> <20> <20> <20>
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<EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD> <20><>Ĵ <20><>Ŀ _____ <20> <20>
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<20> out<75><74><EFBFBD><EFBFBD> \ <20> <20>
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<20><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD> <20> <20><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>
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hybrid splitter <20>
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<20>
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<20>
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<20>
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<20>Ŀ
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<20><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>
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<20> <20>
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<20> <20>
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75-300 ohm matching <20> <20>
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transformer <20> <20>
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<20> <20>
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<20><><EFBFBD><EFBFBD><EFBFBD>
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/ \
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/ \
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/ \
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/ \
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attach these to ends to the FM
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antenna screws on the back of
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your fm receiver. (300 ohm inputs)
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NOTE 1: Do not connect antenna wire AND cable wire at same time to back
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of FM receiver, or this will result in very fuzzy reception for the cable
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frequencies and normal radio freq.'s.
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NOTE 2: If you are already paying for the FM service, you can cancel it
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and do the above to re-attach it. They will explain to you that if they
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send one of their highly qualified techs out to disconnect it, it will
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cost you $25 for the service call. If you ask them if you can do it
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yourself, they will tell you yes and to disconnect the 75-300 ohm
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transformer from the radio and bring it into the office on Western Ave.
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Since you are leaving the 2 way coupler and coax cable, on the way back
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from the office drop by Radio Shack and pick up a new transformer. You
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won't need anything else.
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Here are the frequencies to tune into with the FM outlet hookup:
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HBO 88.9FM
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SHOW 89.5FM
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MTV 90.1FM
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VH1 90.9FM
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USA 92.1FM
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TNN 93.5FM
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DIS 94.9FM
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TMC 95.9FM
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NOTE 3: You can receive the sound on FM for any premium services you may
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not otherwise have a picture for.
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$500 a day? Fuck this noise...
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I wouldn't lose any sleep over this one. They say if you're caught with
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illegal cable service, you can get fines in excess of $500 a day. Well, do all
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your work (i.e. adding filters, etc.) INSIDE THE HOUSE. Do not put these on
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the outside of your house, apt. where it comes into the dwelling. You DO NOT
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have to let them into your house IF YOU DON'T WANT TO, provided they don't
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have a search warrant, and you'd have to give them alot of a tip for them to
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go though the courts for that! I'd blow this one off if I were you.
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Obtaining Filters.
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The best way is to know someone who can get them for you (me) or you should
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climb the pole and steal them from your neighbor's outlets on the pole
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(usually all wires go into a green box on the pole. I guess they're getting
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cheap, as I hear they are no longer using the boxes in new neighborhood
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wiring). For a short time, I have filters availible for $25 each. I have them
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for all channels. This is only for a short time, If you can contact me, I MAY
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be able to get them for you.
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Free Channels?
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Yes, while they are switching all these channels around and what not, you
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probably have free service on channels you are not paying for. At the time
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this file was written, TMC is free on 15, HBO on 65, SHOW on 66. This may not
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last long though. Enjoy them until they go out.
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Section IV: What the fuck?
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For those of you a little more advanced and have your own idea's
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here is some important info. you will need.
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Cable Channel Frequencies.
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Chn No. Freq. Range Video Color Audio
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2 54-60 55.25 58.83 59.75
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3 60-66 61.25 64.83 65.75
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4 66-72 67.25 70.83 71.75
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5 76-82 77.25 80.83 81.75
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6 82-88 83.25 86.83 87.75
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7 174-180 175.83 178.83 179.75
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8 180-186 181.25 184.83 185.75
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9 186-192 187.25 190.83 191.73
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10 192-198 193.25 196.83 197.75
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11 198-204 199.25 202.83 203.75
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12 204-210 205.25 208.83 209.75
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13 210-216 211.25 214.83 215.75
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14 120-126 121.25 124.83 125.75
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15 126-132 127.25 130.83 131.75
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16 132-138 133.25 136.83 137.75
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17 138-144 139.25 142.83 143.75
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18 144-150 145.25 148.83 149.75
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19 150-156 151.25 154.83 155.75
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20 156-162 157.25 160.83 161.75
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21 162-168 163.25 166.83 167.75
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22 168-174 169.25 172.83 173.75
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23 216-222 217.25 220.83 221.75
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24 222-228 223.25 226.83 227.75
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25 228-234 229.25 232.83 233.75
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26 234-240 235.25 238.83 239.75
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27 240-246 241.25 244.83 245.75
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28 246-252 247.25 250.83 251.75
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29 252-258 253.25 256.83 257.75
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30 258-264 259.25 262.83 263.75
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31 264-270 265.25 268.83 269.75
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32 270-276 271.25 274.83 275.75
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33 276-282 277.25 280.83 281.75
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34 282-288 283.25 286.83 287.75
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35 288-294 289.25 292.83 293.75
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36 294-300 295.25 298.83 299.75
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37 300-306 301.25 304.83 305.75
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38 306-312 307.25 310.83 311.75
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39 312-318 313.25 316.83 317.75
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40 318-324 319.25 322.83 323.75
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41 324-330 325.25 328.83 329.75
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42 330-336 331.25 334.83 335.75
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43 336-342 337.25 340.83 341.75
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44 342-348 343.25 346.25 347.46
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45 348-354 349.25 352.83 353.75
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46 354-360 355.25 358.83 359.75
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47 360-366 361.25 364.83 365.75
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48 366-372 367.25 370.83 371.75
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49 372-378 373.25 376.83 377.75
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50 378-384 379.25 382.83 383.75
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51 384-390 385.25 388.83 389.75
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52 390-396 391.25 394.83 395.75
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53 396-402 397.25 400.83 402.75
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54 72-78 73.25 76.83 77.75
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55 78-84 79.25 82.83 83.75
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56 84-90 85.25 88.93 89.73
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57 90-96 91.46 94.47 95.48
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58 96-102 97.25 100.83 101.75
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59 102-108 103.25 106.83 107.75
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60 108-114 109.25 112.83 113.75
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61 114-120 115.25 118.83 119.75
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Section V: Authors mumblings which you must read.
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All this information was tried with the Hamlin convertor box, which is
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most widely used by Chicago Cable. If you have a Scientific Atlanta or
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another convertor, some of the above applications may vary or may not
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work; please leave me info on them so I can add to this file as I get more
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info. Additional information will be added to THIS file as collected.
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If you have info for me to add to this or have found something to be
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incorrect, please contact me, The Beastmaster, on DESTINY KNIGHTS, home of
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all fine Mindless Mayhem releases, monster tfile bases managed by your's
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truly at (708) 307-3768 {NUP: Fourth Dimension} or catch me on another
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board. Tell the sysop you got the # from this file.
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I did not receive much feed back on my last release, I guess because
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everyone is watching TV now. The more feedback, good or bad, the better I
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can make future releases. Chicago Cable TV is still switching stuff around
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here and there at the time of this release, and another update will be
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released after more information is obtained. I hope to add a section on
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building filters for each of the channels. Anyone who can help me with
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building filters, PLEASE CONTACT ME. lates...
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-The Beastmaster
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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . EOF
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