CED Digest Vol. 8 No. 24

CED Digest Vol. 8 No. 24 • 6/14/2003
20 Years Ago In CED History:

June 15, 1983:
* In a series of three cases, the U.S. Supreme Court limits the power of state
and local governments to restrict access to legal abortion. The rulings bolster
the 1973 Roe v. Wade decision, which gave women the unrestricted right to have
an abortion in the first trimester of pregnancy.

June 16, 1983:
* Yuri Andropov, secretary-general of the Soviet Communist Party, is elected
chairman of the Presidium of the Supreme Soviet, or president.
* The federal Commission on Wartime Relocation and Internment of Civilians
recommends after a two-year study that the U.S. government pay $20,000 to each
of the 60,000 surviving Japanese-Americans who had been placed in detention
camps during World War II.
* Pope John Paul II returns to his native Poland for a second visit that had
profound political as well as religious implications. The pontiff met twice
with Gen. Wojciech Jaruzelski, Poland's premier, and once with Lech Walesa, who
had headed Solidarity, the independent federation of labor unions that had been
outlawed by the government. During his visit, the pope openly calls for a
return to the agreements of August 1980 that had led to the establishment of
Solidarity.
* U.S. senators raise their annual salaries to $69,800 and delay until 1984 any
limit on income from speeches and writing.

June 17, 1983:
* Leaders of the ten European Community (EC) nations open three days of talks
in Stuttgart; budget matters head the agenda.
* Future CED title in widespread theatrical release: Octopussy.

June 18, 1983:
* Space shuttle mission STS-7 (CED), the second flight of the orbiter
Challenger, is launched from Cape Canaveral with a crew of five, including Dr.
Sally K. Ride, a physicist and the first American woman in space.
* Paul A. Volcker is appointed by President Reagan to a second term as chairman
of the Federal Reserve Board.
* During a 17-day session that began June 6, the National People's Congress of
China appoints Li Xiannian president, a largely ceremonial position not
occupied since 1968.

June 19, 1983:
* Larry Nelson wins the U.S. Open Golf Tournament at the Oakmont Country Club
near Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Tom Watson, who won the Open the previous year,
was the leader until falling behind on the 16th hole.

June 20, 1983:
* The U.S. Supreme Court rules that employers must treat male and female
workers equally in providing health benefits for their spouses.

June 21, 1983:
* In Honduras, two U.S. journalists are killed by a land mine while
investigating reports of heavy fighting between Nicaraguan troops and
Honduras-based Nicaraguan insurgents.
* In Beirut, Lebanon, PLO rebels seize eight positions held by Yasir Arafat.
* Federico Pena is elected as the first Hispanic mayor of Denver, Colorado.

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From: LoCarpenter
Date: Sun, 8 Jun 2003 11:30:17 EDT
Subject: SELECTAVISION
To: digest@cedmagic.com

We have a   Realistic CED 1 Videodisc player and about 25 selectavision  video
disc. Wat In looking for in a maitance book and were to order video disc and
parts for REPAIRS.

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From: "Aaron Hottenstein" <ahottenstein>
To: <digest@cedmagic.com>
Subject: Need the solution again
Date: Mon, 9 Jun 2003 13:26:10 -0400

Back in 2002 I submitted this question about my CED player.

I can't find the solution that some one sent me, but they recommended that
the audio chip be replaced.  If you know of the solution please send it to
me.

I believe the player is a RCA SGT075

Thansk again.

Aaron

>From: "Aaron Hottenstein" <ahottenstein>
>To: <digest@cedmagic.com>
>Subject: no sound on ced player
>Date: Fri, 25 Jan 2002 14:35:09 -0500
>
>I recently recieved a CED player.  THe only problem is there is no sound
>only a buzzing crackling sound.  To me that seems like it would need a new
>stylus.  What do you think?  The picture looks okay.
>
>Thanks for your help,
>
>Aaron

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Date: Thu, 12 Jun 2003 20:21:48 -0800
To: digest@cedmagic.com
From: Tom Howe <tom@cedmagic.com>
Subject: Desktop Picture of Gregory Peck CED's

Hello All:

I took the front cover images of eight Gregory Peck movies on the CED Magic
CD-ROM and made a 4 x 2 matrix of them which you can download and display as
the background of your computer desktop. The first image is 1920 x 1200 pixels
- the exact dimensions of Apple's 23-inch Cinema Display. This image will
automatically scale down to Apple's smaller widescreen format displays:

http://www.cedmagic.com/home/peck-ced-1920.jpg

The next two images are in the 1024 x 768 and 800 x 600 resolutions commonly
used on Windows PC's. Because these resolutions are in the more square 4:3
ratio, it was necessary to put a black bar above and below the image to avoid
excessive scrunching:

http://www.cedmagic.com/home/peck-ced-1024.jpg

http://www.cedmagic.com/home/peck-ced-800.jpg

Mr. Peck actually appeared on the front covers of nine CED titles, but it was
necessary to leave one of them out to get a wider-than-tall rectangular image.
I left "The Sea Wolves" out, since to me, it seems to be his least
memorable CED role.

--Tom
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