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Scrambled TV

Back in the lawless cable days of the 1980s, there existed a realm of mystical confusion and fuzzy temptation known only as: the scrambled channel. If you had cable, you had a few of these. Usually premium stations like HBO, Cinemax, or the mother of all 2 a.m. hope-flickers: Showtime. And if you didn’t...