Blippo/ACC
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In Blippo+, ACC is an unused local access channel on channel 72 showing test cards.
Shows
There aren't any shows here. But the EPG shows there are planned slots:
- AUX access
- Local access
- Global access
- Universal access
- System Ident
Visual details
- "AUX acccess" shows the words "AUX access only" over a grid of brightness-changing rectangles, with a bit of noise and distortion over it
- "Local access" shows the words "This channel is reserved for local access" over various grid patterns, among them a garbled version of something similar to Earth's Philips circle pattern. There are also sometimes some cropped words at the bottom.
- "Universal access" shows the words "Channel locked for universal access" over a fixed dot patters that presumable represent stars.
- "Global access" shows a rotating globe, presumably with the landmasses of Blippo.
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Speculations and theories
- The naming results in a nice progression from AUX (=home) to local, global and universal. Interesting that things like "country" and "continent" are jumped over. Maybe Blip is sparsely populated?
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Comments
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Trivia and technical details
- While "Local access" is a thing, the others are not. In the analog era, at home, "AUX" devices are easier connected if there isn't a signal already present, so there weren't ever any broadcasters actively broadcasting "AUX access" channels.
- "Universal access": pun
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