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In sci.crypt, phr@telebit.com (Paul Rubin) writes:
>    You don't have to collect published codes, you can just sit down with the
>    VCR Plus+ device and start punching in numbers.  But there are 9,999,999
>    7 digit codes (and each one requires 9 button presses to test), so it can
>    take a long time to get enough numbers.
>
>What does pushing buttons on the device tell you?  Doesn't pushing
>a number like 1952037 cause the device to send some infrared pulses
>at a particular time which is difficult to predict from the number
>alone?  Or does the device somehow display what is going to send and
>when it is going to send them?

Yes, it has an LCD display that shows you the start time, the channel, and
the date.  This allows you to confirm that you punched in the correct
number.  The duration is also shown using a bar graph (see the other
article I just posted about this.)

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