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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!news.sprintlink.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!news.mathworks.com!fu-berlin.de!zrz.TU-Berlin.DE!cs.tu-berlin.de!sandmann.prz.tu-berlin.de!not-for-mail From: wolf@prz.tu-berlin.de (Thomas Wolfram) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: CSC AK-47 Date: 24 Oct 1995 22:58:38 GMT Organization: PRZ/TU-Berlin Lines: 29 Message-ID: <46jr2u$hjl@sandmann.prz.tu-berlin.de> References: <43vnpp$m0k@bdt.bdt.com> <451c7s$106@paperboy.owt.com> <454c9e$eiq@uriah.heep.sax.de> <45cpel$l5@paperboy.owt.com> <45qluv$iil@uriah.heep.sax.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: apollo.prz.tu-berlin.de X-Newsreader: TIN [UNIX 1.3 950515BETA PL0] J Wunsch (j@uriah.heep.sax.de) wrote: > 509) 735-0408 (Mark D. Smith <msmith@One World Telecom.> wrote: > > >... The AK-47 and varient > >cards also have a bad rep. for being lossy even over shorter ranges, er, > >cable lengths due the their inaccurate nature. > > Hmm, i cannot compare it right now against the M1A card here... I > didn't get that impression when actively using it ages ago. It always > talked to the target on the first request. Perhaps it's also a > question of who's been assembling the card, it's one of the most often > cloned cards, i think. > > OTOH, you can use AK47 cards even in lousy environments, without > cooling and cleaning, it won't get worse from such circumstances. I prefered the successor card AK-74. Its packets have a smaller diameter, a better encapuslation and a certain spin so they reach the target with much more precision and emphasis. Nevertheless I dumped this card as soon as it was possible. I recommend everyone to do the same. Thomas -- Thomas Wolfram <thomas@aeon.in-berlin.de> Germany: 0 30 31421171 PRZ TU Berlin <wolf@prz.tu-berlin.de> abroad: +49 30 31421171 EANTC WWW: http://www.prz.tu-berlin.de/~wolf _____________________________________________________________________________ _____S__I__C____T__R__A__N__S__I__T____G__L__O__R__I__A____M__U__N__D__I_____