Motorola MicroNoc
The birth of texting was a three-month contract that lasted five years!
The MicroNoc installed behind the scenes at MIT. Thanks for the photo Pascal!
From Left to Right: Nucleus one-way transmitter, NWN 1000 watt two-way paging transmitter, MicroNoc and two-way receiver, Wire Service news feed
The MicroNoc (Network Operation Computer) is a transmitter and receiver control system for Motorola REFLEX two-way paging demonstration, testing and development. The MicroNoc has a modular design allowing it to interface to multiple protocols, either over the Internet or industry standard paging networks. Given an Internet connection the system could provide a wireless two-way e-mail paging system with web access and news in about an hour, instead of up to several days for a normal full installation. The transmitter section could be configured from 50 milliwatts to 1000 watts, allowing for coverage of a room or a city.
The MicroNoc at Daxtron Labs. From Top to Bottom: NOC Computer, Internet interface computer, Receiver (bright silver), Transmitter, two 125 watt 900 Mhz amps.
The MicroNoc has been used for:
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Product trials at Atlanta Gymnastics Trials in 1996
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The MIT Canard project
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Motorola internal development
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Customer trials in Latin America: Argentina, Brazil, Columbia, Chile and Mexico
- Live demonstrations at trade shows and conferences: Brazil, Denmark, Greece, Hong Kong, UK, USA
Most people today will recognize two-way paging as the technology that began pocket personal "texting".
(WO/1999/013661) WIRELESS TWO-WAY MESSAGING SYSTEM : Kino is included by Motorola as an inventor in their worldwide patent for two-way paging.
Pascal's old pageMIT Canard Project
The Documents on the Project
Emergency Documents on the System