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- I N T E R N A T I O N A L M O R S E C O D E
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- LOADSTAR Version by Bob Markland
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- Text by Fender Tucker
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- Morse Code? In 1998? Yes, it seems like an anachronism to be learning
- Morse Code in this day of e-mail and internet, but let's not forget that
- according to "Independence Day" the telegraphers saved the earth from evil
- aliens. And according to a new TV sitcom that I'll probably never watch,
- even Abraham Lincoln, 16th President of the United States, enjoyed an
- occasional bout of telegraph sex with an intern or two in his time.
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- This program will teach you Morse Code and allow you to practice your
- taps, and even test yourself. We don't know who wrote the original PD
- program from which it is taken, but Bob Markland spiffied it up for
- LOADSTAR 128. There are four options on the menu:
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- CODE CHART
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- This shows you the long-short codes for the alphabetic and numeric
- characters as well as punctuation and other important codes like WAIT, END
- OF MESSAGE, etc. Of course you don't have to memorize the charts right
- away, but if you ever plan to be a telegrapher, amateur or professional,
- you'll need to know them by heart.
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- 1. Next - Takes you to the punctuation/message chart
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- 2. Review - Displays and sounds the codes for all characters
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- 3. Takes you back to the Main Menu
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- RECEIVING
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- Here is where you test yourself on recognizing incoming messages. You
- may select:
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- 1. Random Characters - what it says
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- 2. Library message - messages built into the program
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- 3. Input Message - enter in a word, sentence or phrase to see/hear
- what it sounds/looks like sent back to you
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- 4. Takes you back to the Main Menu
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- SENDING
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- This is simple; just start tapping any key (except M) and the program
- will display what you're tapping. Press the M key to return to the Main
- Menu.
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- That's all there is to MORSE CODE. Be sure to have your monitor's
- volume turned up because the tone of the taps is essential to the
- telegrapher's art. Everyone should know how to tap SOS, the international
- mayday code. Short-short-short-long-long-long-short-short-short. You never
- know...
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- \\\\\ R - Run RETURN - Menu \\\\\
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