![]() Towns in California that have just a few hundred residents. The program had my city of just 20,000 people listed, along with several ![]() You begin by using a compass to point the dish in the rough direction of the satellite, using azimuth and elevation figures provided by the DirecPC pointing program. ![]() As it turned out, the process was relatively straightforward. Gray blob above the patio, I can't say that it was worth it.Īfter connecting the coaxial cable, I prepared for what I had assumed would be one of the most challenging aspects of the project - fine tuning the direction of the dish. Right place is actually one of the hardest tasks since you will swiftly lose interest in hefting this 40-pound device.Īfter all the trouble of installing the dish and learning to live with a The dish needs an unobstructed view of the satellite floating above the equator, south of Texas. I picked up the project again on Tuesday, this time focusing on installing the dish itself on a wooden trellis over my back patio. Luckily this only took three hours and a minor dose of swearing. So, I decided to leave that task awhile and work on something a little more pleasant, like stringing coaxial cable from the roof to my office through an insulation-filled attic. Was no way I was going to run the satellite dish with an old 16-bit winsock. After all the trouble I had gone through configuring Windows 95, there Installing the card took about 15 minutes, but I soon ran into my first snag - there was no Windows 95 software with the package, only Windows 3.1, which required a different winsock. The fastest thing about installing and configuring this system was the delivery. ![]() I made the plunge two weeks ago, on a Thursday, plunking down $749 for a dish and computer card, $38 for shipping, $69 for an optional installation kit This was speed that I could use at a price that in the general spectrum of computer toys was outrageous but not hideous. Ver since I first saw the DirecPC satellite system in operation at last year's iWorld convention in Boston, I have fantasized about finally reaching Satellite Dreams II: A Rude Awakening to RealityĪ Rude Awakening to Reality SURF & TURF / By ASHLEY DUNN ![]()
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