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Path: euryale.cc.adfa.oz.au!newshost.anu.edu.au!harbinger.cc.monash.edu.au!simtel!zombie.ncsc.mil!news.mathworks.com!newsfeed.internetmci.com!EU.net!Austria.EU.net!news.aut.alcatel.at!atusc45!ladavac From: ladavac@aut.alcatel.at (Marino Ladavac) Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd.freebsd.misc Subject: Re: CSC AK-47 Date: 17 Oct 1995 12:09:32 GMT Organization: Alcatel Austria AG Lines: 31 Message-ID: <4606ds$mt4@atusks02.aut.alcatel.at> References: <43vnpp$m0k@bdt.bdt.com> <451c7s$106@paperboy.owt.com> <454c9e$eiq@uriah.heep.sax.de> <45cpel$l5@paperboy.owt.com> <45qluv$iil@uriah.heep.sax.de> NNTP-Posting-Host: atusc45.aut.alcatel.at X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.2 PL2] J Wunsch (j@uriah.heep.sax.de) wrote: : 509) 735-0408 (Mark D. Smith <msmith@One World Telecom.> wrote: : >... The AK-47 and varient : >cards also have a bad rep. for being lossy even over shorter ranges, er, : >cable lengths due the their inaccurate nature. : Hmm, i cannot compare it right now against the M1A card here... I : didn't get that impression when actively using it ages ago. It always : talked to the target on the first request. Perhaps it's also a : question of who's been assembling the card, it's one of the most often : cloned cards, i think. Yes, it really depends. Soviet models have been reputed to be the best, with Yugoslav and German Democrat Republic models sharing the close second. Romanian models have field proven to be the worst. : OTOH, you can use AK47 cards even in lousy environments, without : cooling and cleaning, it won't get worse from such circumstances. Is that because it was pretty bad to start with, or because it had about five movable parts, inclusive the trigger? M-16 device is supposed to be better at longer distances, but on short range I would still prefer the AK-47. A short burst normally hits, at least once, and even one packet carries sufficient information to the target. Furthermore, the wooden casing can prove extremely useful to deliver info even when the power fails/is out. Naturally, a physical contact is neccessary. /Alby