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MORSE v1.20
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MORSE is a little CW training program. It is primarily written for
Soundblaster Pro, but it will probably work with other Creative cards
(SB16, AWE32) as well. However, I'm not 100% sure. Give it a try, as
I use to say :).

Please see CHANGES.DOC for the latest changes/additions.


IMPORTANT
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The configuration file format has changed in this version. Therefore,
if you have any configuration files from v1.10 (or previous version)
you want to use, you have to convert them to the new format with the
CFGCONV utility before loading them into v1.11.

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Commands
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1   Send groups of 5 with random characters.


2   Send variable length groups with random characters.


3   Send text from an ASCII file.


C   Select which characters to include when using 1 and 2 above.

    To toggle a single character, just press the corresponding key
    (As I am from Sweden, the program also includes the Swedish
    characters �, � and �).

    You can toggle whole groups of characters as well:

       Alt-L   Toggle letters
       Alt-N   Toggle numbers
       Alt-X   Toggle other characters and special codes


    A clarification of the characters used for special codes
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    I'm not sure if the characters used in the program for special
    codes are standard, but here's a list of what they stand for:

       *  Repetition
       =  Break
       ~  Attention
       �  AS  (Wait)
       +  End of transmission    (dit-dah-dit-dah-dit)
       @  End of QSO             (dit-dit-dit-dah-dit-dah)


M   Set min/max length for variable length groups.

    Valid values range from 1 to 80.


W   Set speed in WPM.

    Valid values range from 5 to 999. 500 seems to be a good
    speed to start with for beginners (just kidding).


F   Set tone frequency for CW and interference tone (in Hz).

    Valid values range from 10 to 6213. Just for fun... :)


T   Set CW tone attack/release.

    Valid values range from 0 to 15. This command lets you set
    the attack and release times of the CW tone. It acts almost
    like some sort of "weight" setting, however, the relations
    between the dit's and dah's don't change. Only the audio
    characteristics of the tone. 

    Note: When you set attack or release to low values, the tone
    gets a strange "breathy" character. It is unfortunately un-
    avoidable, so for the most natural tone, stick with values
    from about 9 and up.
    (After all, it wasn't me that engineered the FM chip :))


I   Toggle interference tone on/off.


H   Show/hide sent characters.


B   Set sample to use for background noise.

    The samples are located in a file called MORSE.DAT. It is possible
    to use your own custom samples by using the VOCMASH.EXE program to
    combine up to 10 WAV files into MORSE.DAT.
    Each sample should be less than 65535 bytes, have 11025 Hz sample
    rate, and be in mono.


V   Set volume levels.

    Valid values range from 0 to 15. The mixer of Soundblaster
    Pro is kind of strange; as an example, if you enter a value
    of 14, it will change it to 15. *In spite of* the hardware
    registers having 4 bits for the value. It seems that it only
    uses three bits internally, as the volume only changes on
    every other value.


S   Save configuration

    The following parameters are saved:

       WPM
       Character selection
       Minimum & maximum group length
       Volume levels
       Noise type
       Tone frequencies
       CW tone attack/release
       Interference tone setting (on/off)
   
    "MORSE.CFG" is automatically read upon start of the program.


L   Load a configuration file.


D   Dir, list files in current directory.


J   Jump to DOS.


Q   Quit.


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The program is rather self-explanatory on the whole, so I think you'll
get an understanding of it rather quickly.


Good luck!

Mats Petersson SM5SXL                 mats.petersson@mbox301.swipnet.se

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