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Hello,
You have come into possession of MORSE, a training aid for the
international morse code. This code is used by amateur radio operators, pilots
and others to communicate under adverse conditions and with a minimum of
equipment. Even if you have no formal need to know morse code you may find
learning it a fascinating exploration into just what your mind is capable of.
Now to the brass tacks: MORSE is a public domain program designed to
run on the IBM PC and close compatibles (ROM BIOS compatible), using PCDOS or
MSDOS 2.0 or later. Note that by public domain I mean that there is NO
copyright claimed and that anyone may do anything with it (including selling
it). This is in contrast to many programs which claim to be public domain, but
which ARE copyrighted or otherwise restricted in application (an abuse of the
term "public domain" in my book).
The "distribution" for MORSE consists of four files:
"read-me.doc" You are reading it.
"morse.c" The "C" source code for the MORSE program. It was
written using Microsoft "C" version 3.0 and uses some
runtime routines which are probably compiler specific.
The potentially troublesome ones are indicated in the
program documentation (functional equivalents should
exist for them with other compilers).
"releases.doc" The release notes for the versions leading up to the
current version. If you get an updated copy of MORSE,
this file will give you an idea of what has changed.
"morse.exe" An executable copy of MORSE. The program has been
designed to be self documenting (hopefully), and you
should be able to fire it up and begin using it. If
you have never heard of a code before (much less morse
code), you might wish to have someone who has give you
a helping hand. Ditto, if you have never used a PC.
The various help screens contain further sources of
information and also contain my address (so you can
mail me suggested improvements and bricks). I've also
listed the address of a firm which has agreed to
handle sending out copies of the current version of the
program for those who can't obtain a copy any other
way, or want the latest and greatest (unfortunately I
can't reliably send out copies as my schedule leaves
me AWOL for extended periods). Please pass copies
around to friends and BBS's, wouldn't want to leave any
disk space unused!
A final note, although I can't enforce it, I would like it if all four
of the release files were kept together and passed around as a unit, it makes
it easier on all of us!
Cheers,
Kirk Bailey, N7CCB
P.O. Box 1702
Corvallis, OR 97339