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1. Foone🏳️‍⚧️ (foone@digipres.club)'s status on Friday, 22-Mar-2024 02:56:20 JST Foone🏳️‍⚧️

   Jury duty told me to turn off my phone, tablet, or laptop, but they didn't mention my pager!
   Once again, living in the 90s turns out well for me.

   • Foone🏳️‍⚧️ (foone@digipres.club)'s status on Friday, 22-Mar-2024 03:48:32 JST Foone🏳️‍⚧️

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     I'm trying to figure out if this one uses POCSAG or FLEX so I can try to make it work locally with some kind of SDR

   • Large Format Projectionist (benhm3@mastodon.social)'s status on Friday, 22-Mar-2024 04:43:51 JST Large Format Projectionist

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     @foone

     Where are there still services that support these? I thought they depended on FM radio stations SSB or some such to get messages. Anyone still brokering access to the OTA service?

   • Foone🏳️‍⚧️ (foone@digipres.club)'s status on Friday, 22-Mar-2024 04:43:51 JST Foone🏳️‍⚧️

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     • Large Format Projectionist

     @Benhm3 pager networks are rare but still exist. I don't actually have service for this one, though, I think it's too old

   • Ben Hearsum (bhearsum@fosstodon.org)'s status on Friday, 22-Mar-2024 04:59:22 JST Ben Hearsum

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     @foone Wait a second...does than mean you're tooting from your pager?!

   • Foone🏳️‍⚧️ (foone@digipres.club)'s status on Friday, 22-Mar-2024 04:59:22 JST Foone🏳️‍⚧️

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     • Ben Hearsum

     @bhearsum nah, this is a one way device

   • Lúmëcolca (lumecolca@kolektiva.social)'s status on Friday, 22-Mar-2024 05:27:16 JST Lúmëcolca

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     @foone
     But how did you take and toot this picture? A second pager???

   • Foone🏳️‍⚧️ (foone@digipres.club)'s status on Friday, 22-Mar-2024 05:27:16 JST Foone🏳️‍⚧️

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     • Lúmëcolca

     @lumecolca they didn't stop me from bringing in analog cameras

   • philpem (philpem@digipres.club)'s status on Friday, 22-Mar-2024 05:42:44 JST philpem

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     @foone There's no FLEX logo so it's almost certainly POCSAG. The labels on the back would confirm - need to look up the model number or 3-digit product code (usually 89A or similar)

   • Foone🏳️‍⚧️ (foone@digipres.club)'s status on Friday, 22-Mar-2024 05:52:23 JST Foone🏳️‍⚧️

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     • philpem

     @philpem here's the back. I've not had much luck googling these numbers but I'm on mobile which doesn't work as well

   • Foone🏳️‍⚧️ (foone@digipres.club)'s status on Friday, 22-Mar-2024 06:00:42 JST Foone🏳️‍⚧️

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     • ManMachine

     @manmachine I'll have to check that out once I get back to real internet

   • ManMachine (manmachine@bitbang.social)'s status on Friday, 22-Mar-2024 06:00:43 JST ManMachine

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     @foone Janus Cycle on youtube recently explored just that: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3YulxBXd4lM