"Steveo" wrote in message
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"Jim Hampton" wrote:
Hi gang!

Just for some grins, check this out:
http://www.lildobe.net/video/

It will take a bit of time for the folks on dial-up, but it is worth
remembering that those two guys were not setting any speed records. It
sounded about like the commercial CW circuits on the marine bands I
listened to about 37 years ago ....

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

73 from Rochester, NY
Jim AA2QA

Hello Jim.

Is CW considered a binary of sorts?

Are you enjoying your new internet pipe?


Hello, Mopar

Some call it binary, but the fact that there are both short and long
characters as well as short and long spaces (spacing between characters is
shorter than spacing between words) leads me to not consider it "binary".
When I wrote a Morse code decoder, I was using a base 3 system to decode it.
At least if I recall correctly. I still have the source code but haven't
looked at it for about a decade.

I am *loving* this new pipe! I booted the computer, the wave file played as
Windows started up, I hadn't clicked on Explorer, I bent over to pick up a
magazine, and when I looked at the computer, the anti-virus had already
downloaded and installed the update! )


73 from Rochester, NY
Jim AA2QA

On Wed, 18 May 2005 03:26:26 GMT, "Jim Hampton"
wrote:


Hello, Mopar

Some call it binary, but the fact that there are both short and long
characters as well as short and long spaces (spacing between characters is
shorter than spacing between words) leads me to not consider it "binary".
When I wrote a Morse code decoder, I was using a base 3 system to decode it.
At least if I recall correctly. I still have the source code but haven't
looked at it for about a decade.

I am *loving* this new pipe! I booted the computer, the wave file played as
Windows started up, I hadn't clicked on Explorer, I bent over to pick up a
magazine, and when I looked at the computer, the anti-virus had already
downloaded and installed the update! )


Broadband is very nice. Once you get a taste of it, you'll never go
back. Combined with wireless access points, I can move all over the
house and access the internet with my laptop. I can access streaming
audio to pipe to my computer and stereo in my garage, when I'm outside
working. Internet video content can be viewed on the TV. I can even
monitor the environmental controls in the house from remote locations.
Technology is great. The future is now.

Dave
"Sandbagger"
http://home.ptd.net/~n3cvj

"Jim Hampton" wrote:
"Steveo" wrote in message
...
"Jim Hampton" wrote:
Hi gang!

Just for some grins, check this out:
http://www.lildobe.net/video/

It will take a bit of time for the folks on dial-up, but it is worth
remembering that those two guys were not setting any speed records.
It sounded about like the commercial CW circuits on the marine bands
I listened to about 37 years ago ....

The more things change, the more they stay the same.

73 from Rochester, NY
Jim AA2QA

Hello Jim.

Is CW considered a binary of sorts?

Are you enjoying your new internet pipe?

Hello, Mopar

Some call it binary, but the fact that there are both short and long
characters as well as short and long spaces (spacing between characters
is shorter than spacing between words) leads me to not consider it
"binary". When I wrote a Morse code decoder, I was using a base 3 system
to decode it. At least if I recall correctly. I still have the source
code but haven't looked at it for about a decade.

Too much info you CW machine you! I've heard it wasn't intended as
a binary but it's not totally unlike one.

I am *loving* this new pipe! I booted the computer, the wave file played
as Windows started up, I hadn't clicked on Explorer, I bent over to pick
up a magazine, and when I looked at the computer, the anti-virus had
already downloaded and installed the update! )

73 from Rochester, NY
Jim AA2QA

I can't imagine ever going back to dial-up unless I end up broke in
my old age. Rock-on.

On 18 May 2005 22:03:32 GMT, Steveo wrote:

I can't imagine ever going back to dial-up unless I end up broke in
my old age. Rock-on.


Don't worry Steveo, by the time you are in your "old age" a broadband
video/voice/data line will be as common as standard phone service is
today.


Dave
"Sandbagger"

Dave Hall wrote:
On 18 May 2005 22:03:32 GMT, Steveo wrote:

I can't imagine ever going back to dial-up unless I end up broke in
my old age. Rock-on.

Don't worry Steveo, by the time you are in your "old age" a broadband
video/voice/data line will be as common as standard phone service is
today.

Dave
"Sandbagger"

Yea it will probably be part of my wrist watch, and a keyboard will be
a thing of the past..

"Steveo" wrote in message
...
Dave Hall wrote:
On 18 May 2005 22:03:32 GMT, Steveo wrote:

I can't imagine ever going back to dial-up unless I end up broke in
my old age. Rock-on.

Don't worry Steveo, by the time you are in your "old age" a broadband
video/voice/data line will be as common as standard phone service is
today.

Dave
"Sandbagger"

Yea it will probably be part of my wrist watch, and a keyboard will be
a thing of the past..


I always wanted a real Dick Tracy 2 way wrist tv. It is close ...

73 from Rochester, NY
Jim AA2QA

On Thu, 19 May 2005 16:40:54 GMT, "Jim Hampton"
wrote:


"Steveo" wrote in message
...
Dave Hall wrote:
On 18 May 2005 22:03:32 GMT, Steveo wrote:

I can't imagine ever going back to dial-up unless I end up broke in
my old age. Rock-on.

Don't worry Steveo, by the time you are in your "old age" a broadband
video/voice/data line will be as common as standard phone service is
today.

Dave
"Sandbagger"

Yea it will probably be part of my wrist watch, and a keyboard will be
a thing of the past..


I always wanted a real Dick Tracy 2 way wrist tv. It is close ...


Its closer than you think. Once we create a WIFI-like wireless data
network to blanket most areas, this will become a reality. Cellular
can already do this to some extent, but the cellular network cannot
handle the increased bandwidth required for full motion video.

Dave
"Sandbagger"