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StarInfo/Eyre/!Sender/!Help
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| Filename: | StarInfo/Eyre/!Sender/!Help |
| Read OK: | ✔ |
| File size: | 0AB7 bytes |
| Load address: | 0000 |
| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
Help for 'Morse Tutor' Version 1.24 by Steve Eyre � 1 March 1995 Random morse code generator for all you budding radio hams out there..... RISOS 2/3 Compatibility The main program alters according to which operating system is present. The only part of the application which may not be RiscOS 2 compatible is the Template file, which uses 3D icons. If the templates and sprites are redesigned...... Anyway....... Morse Tutor is fully multi-tasking, and attempts to keep to the Acorn program style guide. Run the application by double clicking on its icon. The program is largely self-explanatory, generating sixty seconds of morse code at a time, for comprehension practice, at speeds from 1 to about 20 words a minute. Apart from a slight lengthening under seven words a minute, the transmission speed of each character is kept constant, whatever operating system you are using. Essentially, the speed control only varies the interval between characters and words, as per RSGB guidelines. Only English numbers and characters are used. If you want foreign characters, punctuation, double dutch, (whatever turns you on....!) ....alter the Data statements at the end of the program. There's a morse code table help, and options to alter the pitch, volume, and speed of the transmission. Transmission content can be varied between random letters, random five-figure numbers or random words. The words are drawn from Data statements at the end of the program, which can be altered or added to at infinitum, as long as words are no longer than seven letters long, and the data statements end with a "*". Changing this option will only take effect from the start of the next transmission. There is also an option to have the data written on screen during or after each transmission. All the settings are savable, and reinstate on startup. Sound is generated using the default WaveSynth voice, which is fairly acceptable, though not ideal. You can alter this to any resident voice by changing the second parameter of the first ChannelVoice command in the !Run file. Of course there's nothing to stop you installing your own voice module!..... The final ChannelVoice command reinstates the WaveSynth voice on exit. The application is Public Domain, and can be freely copied, as long as it is an improvement on my feeble efforts, and the Help file is kept intact and unaltered. Happy tapping! The 'Start' and 'Help' icons are not in anti aliased fonts as it seems to confuse the font manager if these icons are held selected during a transmission. If anyone knows the reason why, I'd love to know! Hints or suggestions (helpful, that is....! ) to........ Steve Eyre 36 Greasby Road Greasby Wirral Merseyside L49 3NE 5 March 1995
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The fi| 00000870 6e 61 6c 20 43 68 61 6e 6e 65 6c 56 6f 69 63 65 |nal ChannelVoice| 00000880 20 63 6f 6d 6d 61 6e 64 20 72 65 69 6e 73 74 61 | command reinsta| 00000890 74 65 73 20 74 68 65 20 57 61 76 65 53 79 6e 74 |tes the WaveSynt| 000008a0 68 20 76 6f 69 63 65 0a 6f 6e 20 65 78 69 74 2e |h voice.on exit.| 000008b0 0a 0a 54 68 65 20 61 70 70 6c 69 63 61 74 69 6f |..The applicatio| 000008c0 6e 20 69 73 20 50 75 62 6c 69 63 20 44 6f 6d 61 |n is Public Doma| 000008d0 69 6e 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 63 61 6e 20 62 65 20 66 |in, and can be f| 000008e0 72 65 65 6c 79 20 63 6f 70 69 65 64 2c 20 61 73 |reely copied, as| 000008f0 20 6c 6f 6e 67 20 61 73 0a 69 74 20 69 73 20 61 | long as.it is a| 00000900 6e 20 69 6d 70 72 6f 76 65 6d 65 6e 74 20 6f 6e |n improvement on| 00000910 20 6d 79 20 66 65 65 62 6c 65 20 65 66 66 6f 72 | my feeble effor| 00000920 74 73 2c 20 61 6e 64 20 74 68 65 20 48 65 6c 70 |ts, and the Help| 00000930 20 66 69 6c 65 20 69 73 20 6b 65 70 74 0a 69 6e | file is kept.in| 00000940 74 61 63 74 20 61 6e 64 20 75 6e 61 6c 74 65 72 |tact and unalter| 00000950 65 64 2e 0a 0a 48 61 70 70 79 20 74 61 70 70 69 |ed...Happy tappi| 00000960 6e 67 21 0a 0a 54 68 65 20 27 53 74 61 72 74 27 |ng!..The 'Start'| 00000970 20 61 6e 64 20 27 48 65 6c 70 27 20 69 63 6f 6e | and 'Help' icon| 00000980 73 20 61 72 65 20 6e 6f 74 20 69 6e 20 61 6e 74 |s are not in ant| 00000990 69 20 61 6c 69 61 73 65 64 20 66 6f 6e 74 73 20 |i aliased fonts | 000009a0 61 73 20 69 74 20 73 65 65 6d 73 20 74 6f 0a 63 |as it seems to.c| 000009b0 6f 6e 66 75 73 65 20 74 68 65 20 66 6f 6e 74 20 |onfuse the font | 000009c0 6d 61 6e 61 67 65 72 20 69 66 20 74 68 65 73 65 |manager if these| 000009d0 20 69 63 6f 6e 73 20 61 72 65 20 68 65 6c 64 20 | icons are held | 000009e0 73 65 6c 65 63 74 65 64 20 64 75 72 69 6e 67 20 |selected during | 000009f0 61 0a 74 72 61 6e 73 6d 69 73 73 69 6f 6e 2e 20 |a.transmission. | 00000a00 49 66 20 61 6e 79 6f 6e 65 20 6b 6e 6f 77 73 20 |If anyone knows | 00000a10 74 68 65 20 72 65 61 73 6f 6e 20 77 68 79 2c 20 |the reason why, | 00000a20 49 27 64 20 6c 6f 76 65 20 74 6f 20 6b 6e 6f 77 |I'd love to know| 00000a30 21 0a 0a 48 69 6e 74 73 20 6f 72 20 73 75 67 67 |!..Hints or sugg| 00000a40 65 73 74 69 6f 6e 73 20 28 68 65 6c 70 66 75 6c |estions (helpful| 00000a50 2c 20 74 68 61 74 20 69 73 2e 2e 2e 2e 21 20 29 |, that is....! )| 00000a60 20 74 6f 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 2e 0a 0a 53 74 65 | to..........Ste| 00000a70 76 65 20 45 79 72 65 0a 33 36 20 47 72 65 61 73 |ve Eyre.36 Greas| 00000a80 62 79 20 52 6f 61 64 0a 47 72 65 61 73 62 79 0a |by Road.Greasby.| 00000a90 57 69 72 72 61 6c 0a 4d 65 72 73 65 79 73 69 64 |Wirral.Merseysid| 00000aa0 65 0a 4c 34 39 20 33 4e 45 0a 0a 35 20 4d 61 72 |e.L49 3NE..5 Mar| 00000ab0 63 68 20 31 39 39 35 |ch 1995| 00000ab7
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