[Lowfer] Basic Stamp CW IDer?

[DTX]

They have some interesting things witha Mot cpu (mc68908 I think) on a
daughter board and then various project boards it can plug into.
Interesting things.  I intend to buy some of it Real Soon Now <G>  Hopefully
before years end.  But I don't recall an Basic Stamp items going buy in the
last year or two.  Oh, BTW, they have merged with Norcal (folded in with?
joined forces?) to make AMQRP.  Not sure if everything is kept up to date on
the NJQRP site, been going to the AMQRP site instead of either individual
site.

Gary WA6DTX
----- Original Message -----
From: "Ed Phillips" <evp@pacbell.net>
To: <lowfer@mailman.qth.net>
Sent: Saturday, December 06, 2003 8:30 AM
Subject: Re: [Lowfer] Basic Stamp CW IDer?


> John Davis wrote:
> >
> > >Is all the programming done in DOS?
> >
> > Well, DOS is not applicable to the Basic Stamps, but the programming
> > language is BASIC, similar to what one would find on an ancient
DOS-based
> > computer.  They are pretty easy to program.  However, they're not nearly
as
> > versatile as a PIC microcontroller.  As for Kurt's question.
> >
> > >>Anyone using basic stamps for CW controllers?  I did a search on the
web
> > >>and found mountains of BS --
> >
> > Goes with the territory.  :-)
> >
> > >> -- but nothing that really shows how to program a stamp
> > >>to act as a keyer.  Any ideas?  I have the BSII and am
> > >>thinking of using this for my beacon to help get things going.
> >
> > If you have a collection of old Nuts & Volts magazines, you may find
exactly
> > what you're looking for.  On the Web, though, try this:  Put the
following
> > two phrases, in quotation marks exactly as shown here, in the Google
search
> > box:
> > "Basic Stamp"  "CW keyer"
> >
> > This narrows the search considerably, and may give you a starting point.
> >
> > John
>
> Try a web search on Nuts & Volts.  They have all that stuff on their
> web site.  That thing started out as a little advertising sheet and has
> ended up into a pretty respectable magazine.  I sent 'em five bucks for
> a "lifetime subscription" when they first started and still get it, but
> really worth reading.
>
> There have been several BS and Pic ider's published in the literature
> over the years.  Wonder what the New Jersey QRP Club has for sale?
>
> Ed
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