AJL <5@fakeaddress.com> wrote in news:cqpa35d4p3fbuc0gmgoaihntchqh8r230k@
4ax.com:

> Years ago I wrote a Quickbasic program for Keyboarding Morse code. I
> wrote one for receiving as well. I built an external interface for the
> keyboard and receiver that used the serial port. It worked great under
> DOS (5) but failed under later copies of Windows. For some reason
> Windows wouldn't allow my program access to the hardware through the
> serial port. I would guess that a home automation program written for
> DOS might fail for the same reason depending on how the author
> accessed the hardware.
>
>

What's ur call, AJL? I've been a ham since 1957. I was 11...(c;]

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