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Subject: [TRLog] TRLog in the RTTY Sprint (long)
From: gbaron@home.com (Gil Baron)
Date: Mon, 15 Oct 2001 16:46:39 -0500
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At 14:31 10/15/2001, Jim Smith wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>I have never used a hardware keyer so I may be talking nonsense
>here.  It seems to me that if clean cw is the main issue with
>respect to cw in a Win environment it shouldn't be too hard to
>make a hardware box that receives ASCII from the computer,
>converts it to Morse and drives a relay to key the rig.  Now the
>only timing issue is to meter out the ASCII symbols from a buffer
>at the desired wpm rate.  Heck, maybe even I could do it.

Such keyers already exist. The cost is prohibitive for most and not needed 
in any case for most.


>This would obviously add to the cost but, if it was supplied in
>kit form, I would think that, TRLoggers being a hardy lot, it
>could be an acceptable workaround.
>
>So, blaze away, tell me where I am wrong
>
>73 de Jim Smith VE7FO
>
>LogWindows@aol.com wrote:
> >
> > To do CW flawlessly in the Win32 environment would require a vxd, 
> kernel mode
> > or WDM level device driver (depending on the O/S, since all flavors of
> > Windows dont use the same device driver model). This code  would run at 
> Ring
> > 0 of the processor, where it would be able to preempts the O/S at the
> > processor level and provide real time CW.
> >
> > Good device driver coders want about $60,000 to $80,000 a year.
>
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At 14:31 10/15/2001, Jim Smith wrote:<br><br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>Hi all,<br><br>
I have never used a hardware keyer so I may be talking nonsense<br>
here.&nbsp; It seems to me that if clean cw is the main issue with<br>
respect to cw in a Win environment it shouldn't be too hard to<br>
make a hardware box that receives ASCII from the computer,<br>
converts it to Morse and drives a relay to key the rig.&nbsp; Now
the<br>
only timing issue is to meter out the ASCII symbols from a buffer<br>
at the desired wpm rate.&nbsp; Heck, maybe even I could do it.<br>
</blockquote><br>
Such keyers already exist. The cost is prohibitive for most and not
needed in any case for most.<br><br>
<br>
<blockquote type=cite class=cite cite>This would obviously add to the
cost but, if it was supplied in<br>
kit form, I would think that, TRLoggers being a hardy lot, it<br>
could be an acceptable workaround.<br><br>
So, blaze away, tell me where I am wrong<br><br>
73 de Jim Smith<x-tab>&nbsp;</x-tab>VE7FO<br><br>
LogWindows@aol.com wrote:<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; To do CW flawlessly in the Win32 environment would require a vxd,
kernel mode<br>
&gt; or WDM level device driver (depending on the O/S, since all flavors
of<br>
&gt; Windows dont use the same device driver model). This code&nbsp;
would run at Ring<br>
&gt; 0 of the processor, where it would be able to preempts the O/S at
the<br>
&gt; processor level and provide real time CW.<br>
&gt; <br>
&gt; Good device driver coders want about $60,000 to $80,000 a
year.<br><br>
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