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In article <1992Oct14.152230.16549@linus.mitre.org> ptrei@bistromath.mitre.org (Peter Trei) writes:

>    Nevertheless, the algorithm for codes of up to 6 characters (ie,
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>the vast majority of them) has been decrypted and published:

>    Curiously, the channel number is only 5 bits long.
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These two facts seem to be correlated.  If you look at the listings
for channel 68 in Boston, for example, you'll find that every listing,
even for prime time one-hour or half-hour programs, has more than
six digits.

So, roughly, the added two digits in the longer codes must encode
the extra channel numbers as well as the number of five-minute
increments to add/subtract from the start time and duration.

>							Peter Trei
>							ptrei@Mitre.org

Bob Clements, K1BC, clements@bbn.com