Sherm Pendley wrote: > > On Tuesday, January 2, 2001, at 12:13 PM, Wandered Inn wrote: > (SNIP) > > Following the link noted above, it indicates that it is used to interact > > with M$ interactive toys (Barney, Arthur..) Doesn't say anything about > > webtv. > > Better late than never, so here goes... :-) > > I work at WGBH Interactive, which produced and supported the server-side programming for the Barney and Arthur Actimates. I didn't personally program it, but the guy who did is two doors down the hall. I can tell you with reasonable authority that yes, the same encoding method is used to send that data as is used to send "enhanced" data to WebTV Plus. > Thanks for the clarfication. > The catch is, even though the low-level protocol used to encode the data for transmission within a broadcast signal is the same, the data format and application-level protocols are incompatible. It's sort of like how HTTP, SMTP, FTP, et al are different, even though at a lower level they all share the same transport mechanism - TCP/IP. > > We use the same method, btw, to encode the web "markers" that you see on Nova. If you have a WebTV Plus, those are live links. I don't do 'Microsoft,' ergo, I don't have webTV(plus, minus, whatever..):) > > sherm-- > > _______________________________________________ > Video4linux-list mailing list > Video4linux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/video4linux-list -- Until later: Geoffrey esoteric@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx "Great spirits have always found violent opposition from mediocre minds. The latter cannot understand it when a man does not thoughtlessly submit to hereditary prejudices but honestly and courageously uses his intelligence." - Albert Einstein
