[GreenKeys] Weather & News

[s shumaker]

On 3/31/2021 11:29 AM, Duncan Brown wrote:
> Tom,
>
> One of the problems with the original HeavyMetal program  was that 
it 
> was written to bring in text files from specific URLs, but then the 
> URLs changed and/or they changed from simple text files to HTML or 
> whatever.
>
> For weather forecasts, you can still get text files from the National 
> Weather Service.  For example,
> ftp://tgftp.nws.noaa.gov/data/forecasts/zone/ny/nyz014.txt will bring 
> up the Canandaguia, NY weather forecast for the day and HM will send 
> it to your TTY.  We do this all the time at the AWA Museum.
> The problem is, figuring out the NWS code for your city. The URL I 
> have for the NWS codes 
> http://nws.noaa.gov/mirs/public/prods/maps/pfzones_list.htm  does not 
> seem to work any more.
>
> good luck,
>
> Duncan
> K2OEQ
>
> On 31-Mar-21 11:45, Tom Hunter wrote:
>> Paul Wills,
>>
>> What operating system are you running Heavy Metal on? I have Heavy 
>> Metal but understand it takes Windows 95/98. And where are you 
>> getting weather and News?
>>
>> Tom   N3CRK
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