29 Jan
2003
29 Jan
'03
5:53 p.m.
At 10:35 PM 1/29/03 -0800, Marvin Johnston wrote:
I would be really curious to know how this thing works
(or worked if the
service is no longer available.) The disks I have are for the PC or AT
and are on 5 1/4" floppies (probably 360K). I'll copy them onto a 3 1/2"
disk and bring it with me at the end of the month. If you have a power
supply with yours, what is the polarity (if not AC) and voltage?
Has anyone on the list actually used one of these things?
My Google searchs show people selling them for like $400 in 2000, dropping
to like $100 in 2001, and that was the last entry. Apparently FNN or Dow
Jones News started the service, then Signal, then DBC, and now DBC is
eSignal and appears totally internet based. One post indicated that a
(perhaps older) version of TradeStation would work with the Lotus box, also
pretty clearly the Lotus box could work from a simple FM antenna or
connected to a satellite dish. If you can follow that link I emailed to you
about google the post I mention explains a LOT (essentially a FM sideband
tuner and a 9600 FSK modem with some sort of controller for a password).
My power supply is hardwired to the box, and says; Lotus Information
Network Corp. AD Adapter, Model NO AD-1280, Input 120v AC 60Hz 15W, Output
DC 12v 800ma, and center is plus.
Now that I know more about it, its a very tempting screw around with it
item. ;)