[ILUG] Satellite reception

[Mikhail Ramendik]

On Sunday 03 August 2008 10:24, Michael Watterson wrote:

> The credit card sized card or phone Sim (fitted in a creditcard sized
> holder) with chip and various pads is ISO7880? Anyway a simple device
> will let you connect serial port to such a card. 

Thanks! My PC actually has a serial port so this should be easy. But which 
reader devices are supported on Linux? And where should I look for a Linux 
SoftCAM?

(But my biggest and most urgent question is still what DVB-S cards available 
in Ireland are supported by Linux drivers.)

> SoftCAM is quite legal if used with legitimate viewing card for only the
> pay channels you subscribed to. 

If I have cards for two channels/packages, do I have to have two readers or 
snap cards in/out?

Also - a complete noob question indeed - how do I buy these cards for 
satellites other than Sky, i.e. Hotbird?

-- 
Yours, Mikhail Ramendik