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Originally Posted by RWCable
@Onramp, thank you! These talkback modules, any idea what they looked like? I don't believe we had one. Also, if a return path was generally not present on analogue, would the company have been able to scan for modified or unscrupulous equipment and how? I looked up the ACC-4000, it's a computer that controlled the boxes right?
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Return path was used for retrieving ppv purchases , your STB could normally store 4 events , so if you blocked the return path and bought four events you couldn't buy anymore without them being cleared via the return path.
I used ACC-4000 mainy for sega tv , but I was a Scientific atlanta guy (SM20/HEC) and a cabletime (VAX) guy .
Back then there was no scanning for unscrupulous equipment , but just monitoring for people who might be pumping out frequencies that might have disrupted the return path.