[WriteLog] RTTY Questions

[Bob Naumann - N5NJ]

John,

I sure do read that way, but I make the choice of when the page turns - not=
 the book!

If some people prefer this "feature", that's fine, but I totally dislike it=
.  It's unnerving to see the letters coming in, get to the bottom of the sc=
reen, and poof - where'd they go?  Oh it's coming in at the top again.  Sin=
ce I'm an old terminal user, where the text keeps going, and going, and goi=
ng, and going, I would strongly prefer to keep it that way.  I want to redu=
ce the amount of eye movement while I'm operating.  If the new text always =
appeared on the bottom line of that screen, it would be a whole lot easier =
to focus on it.

All modem programs that I am aware of since 300 baud days, worked the way I=
 would like it to be.  Most Packet Terminal programs work that way too.  Ev=
en Writelog's packet screen always displays at the bottom of the window.

To be honest, to me, this "feature" is just plain annoying.

Bob N5NJ

> ------------Original Message------------
> From: "WA9ALS - John" <ham_reflectors at wa9als.com>
> To: <writelog at contesting.com>
> Date: Sun, Jan-25-2004 6:32 AM
> Subject: Re: [WriteLog] RTTY Questions
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> ----- Original Message ----- =

> From: "Bob Naumann - N5NJ" <n5nj at gte.net>
> To: <writelog at contesting.com>
> Sent: Saturday, January 24, 2004 11:41 PM
> Subject: [WriteLog] RTTY Questions
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> > I may toss the Rigblaster and just make my own to clear up this mystery=
.
> =

> Now there's a fresh idea!  <$5 with 3 components too.  You could sell the
> Rigblaster on Ebay...
> =

> > The complaint is regarding the scrolling of the rttyrite screen.  How d=
o I
> make it stop doing what ever it does where when it fills up the screen, i=
t
> goes back up to the top.  I don't know where to look.  New text should
> always appear at the bottom, and then the old text should just scroll up.
> =

> I think most of us consider this a -feature-  It's natural since you
> normally read left to right and top to bottom.  Do you read the newspaper
> from bottom to top?  If you've come from WF1B, it will seem a little funn=
y
> at first, but if you stick with it, shortly you will be a convert!  ;-)
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> 73  - John, WA9ALS
> www.waa9als.com
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