[NTLK] Usefulness of Allpoints Cards

From: Victor Rehorst (victor_at_newtontalk.net)
Date: Thu Aug 09 2001 - 14:48:57 EDT

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So I haven't gotten around to doing any major hacking about with the
Allpoints card now that I have it, but I have been doing a ton more
research about Mobitex, RAM, and other related things in an effort to see
if there are any actual useful applications out there for these cards.

My preliminary conclusion is: nothing.

I can't find any public services still in existence that would be usable
from an AllPoints card. RadioMail is totally gone. WyndMail has
transformed into Wynd communications, a company selling two-way pagers to
deaf customers.

The only thing really still using Mobitex are RIM Blackberry devices, and
probably a host of specialized mobile applications for various companies.

So, can anyone tell me how one would get any useful services for one of
these cards? If there's nothing, then I'm not even going to bother trying
to hack a driver.

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