Hello John and Ralph, >If it did not get a space, it would force the end of line sequence after 72 >charcters. In Multipsk (and perhaps in other soft) this option exists (button "1 CR/LF"/72 char."). It permits to communicate with old RTTY mechanical machine. But this option is OFF by default (you must select it).
I remember that this question yet came about one year ago (perhaps two?). 73 Patrick ----- Original Message ----- From: Ralph Mowery To: digitalradio@yahoogroups.com Sent: Friday, February 01, 2008 4:54 PM Subject: Re: [digitalradio] Software Development [was] Logging for MultiPSK and DM780 --- "John Becker, WØJAB" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Speaking of, I (and others) sure wish when writing > RTTY > software you developers would add or force a CR/LF > after 70 charters. > > I really don't think the glass operators would > notice or mind. > And us using paper would notice the most since we > would not get the "pile up" at the end of a line. > > ARRL bulletins are transmitted that way still today. > > It should not be that hard to do. I wrote a rtty program for an old 8080 processor about 20 years ago that would do that. After about 65 characters it would look for a space and would send two carriage returns, a line feed, and a leters function to be compatiable with the mechanical machines. If it did not get a space, it would force the end of line sequence after 72 charcters. I mostly use the computer sound card interface for most digital work, but do have an old mechanical machine hooked up and it is irriatating to have to watch it to make sure it gets the cr/lf instead of just printing a big black block at the end. __________________________________________________________ Never miss a thing. Make Yahoo your home page. http://www.yahoo.com/r/hs
