On 5/16/05, Brian Henning <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> > would be like trying to hook your CD player up to a light bulb.
> Which actually works. Provided your transmitter ("light bulb") and
> receiver (photocell, etc) is capable of the bandwidth...
I recall seeing the word "feasible" in Kevin's response. ;-) Let's
just say it wouldn't be worth the cost. That being said, years ago I
worked on a government project that used just this kind of
"technology." Needless to say, that project has long since been
cancelled.
> LED? Quite possibly.
Think IrDa, but range becomes an issue, among other things.
> But the point remains, any signal you can send over coax, you can
> modulate and send with light, given the right circuitry...
and signal processors and software and power....
MPF
--
TriLUG mailing list : http://www.trilug.org/mailman/listinfo/trilug
TriLUG Organizational FAQ : http://trilug.org/faq/
TriLUG Member Services FAQ : http://members.trilug.org/services_faq/
TriLUG PGP Keyring : http://trilug.org/~chrish/trilug.asc
