
AUGUST
1988
ELECTRONICS
FOR
THE
MIND
& BODY
Beeper
Plus Sports
Page
pg.
1
Panasonic
Automatic
Bread
Bakery
_
pg.
2
Casio
LCD Color
TV pg.
3
Telscreen
H
Call
-
Screening
Device
pg.
4
3 -D
Home
Video Game,. pg.
5
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Braun Battery
Alarm Clcck
pg.
7
Message Stopper
pg.
7
Panasonic Electronic
Typewriter
pg. 7
Ricoh Auto -Focus
Camera
pg.
7
UF?
Wordfinder
Dictionary
pg. 7
Child -Friendly
Ultrasoni:
Humidifier
.
pg
8
Coastar Cassette
Organizer
p
8
Jetset
Stereo
Headphones pg.
8
Mini
TV
Cameras
pg 8
Achievements in
Space
Videocassette
pg.
9
Casio
Pacer
Watch
pg
9
Panasonic
Multi -Band
Radio
pg.
9
Precor
Semi-
Recumbent
Stationary
Cycle
. pg. 9
Radio
Shack
Bridge
Companion
pg
9
AR Party
Partner
Speaker
pg
10
Konica 35mm
Camera
pg
10
Pulsating
Ionizer
pg
10
Sharp
Powerhead
Vacuum
Cleaner
pg.
10
Univeral
Remote Control
pg.
10
Audio
Video
Reciever
pg.
11
Camlight
-2 Video
Light
pg.
11
Goldstar
Microwave
Oven
pg.
11
Home /Office
Answering
Machine
pg.
11
Pioneer CD
Player
pg.
11
3 -inch
CD
Adaptor
pg.
11
VOLUME
1, NUMBER
6
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CIRCLE
50
ON
FREE INFORMATION
CARD
Bettor
Living
THE SPORTS
PAGE.
Manufactured
by:
Beeper
Plus,
Inc., 3900
Para-
dise,
Suite110,
Las
Vegas,
NV 89109.
Price:
$360
(plus
monthly charge).
Sports
mania
is an
obsession
perhaps
unlike any
other. It's
impossible
to tell
a
non
-believer
why
the
latest
update
of an
early-
season baseball
game
being
played
on the other
side of
the continent
is
infor-
mation
of paramount
importance
to
a
sports
fanatic.
Unless,
of course,
you
tell
them your
interest is fiduciary.
The
latest development
in
sports- infor-
mation
monitoring,
The Sports
Page,
is
offered by a company
called
Beeper Plus.
It's
a pocket
-size
beeper
outfitted
with a
custom chip
that
acesses
multiple
chan-
nels
of sports
information
simultaneously.
The
Sports
Page day
starts off
slowly
with scratches from
local racetracks,
a
run -down
of major -league
schedules,
latest Las
Vegas
odds,
injury reports,
and
even relevant
weather conditions.
Infor-
mation is displayed
on an easy
-to -read
32-
character
dot -matrix
screen.
The screen
offers the disclaimer
that
sports informa-
tion supplied
is for
news purposes
only,
but the unit
is obviously
designed
with
the
gambler
in mind.
As the
day progresses,
information
starts coming
fast and
furious. Race
re-
sults, complete
with starting times
and
payoffs
(rmust for
bar-room bookmakers
who
want
to protect
themselves
from
past
-
posting) are
on the beeper
within
20
min-
utes. Running
scores are
tallied
for games
in progress
(a particularly
useful
feature
during the early
rounds
of the
NCAA bas-
ketball
playoffs.)
Final scores
are available
on another channel.
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