Please register Morse Mania, and help support the development of ham radio software for the Macintosh.
Registration is also your way of "voting" for software. The resources (time) I spend on a particular program are proportional to the number of registrations I receive. So, quite simply, the more people who register a particular program, the more time I'm going to spend working on and improving that program.
Morse Mania is a morse code tutor for the Macintosh.
If you have any ideas or suggestions for improvement, or any bugs to report, please don't hesitate to send them to morsemania@blackcatsystems.com.
Requirements:
System 7 required
Brief Instructions:
Under the Speed menu, you can set the speed the morse characters are sent. Possible speeds are 5, 7, 10, 13, 17, 20, 25, and 30 words per minute. You can also select Farnsworth mode. In this case, the dots and dashes are sent faster, but the overall rate remains the same.
Farnsworth is useful when first learning morse code, so you don't reach the "plateau" around 7 wpm, where you can't copy any faster, because you learned the individual dots and dashes that make up each character, rather than the overall sound.
Under the Groups menu, you can select which group(s) you would like to practice. The groups are arranged according to combinations of dots and dashes, and are as follows:
E I S H
T M O
A D G K
N R U W
B C F J
L P Q V
X Y Z
Numbers 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Punctuation . , ? : ; / (
Abbreviations AS AR BT SK ER (error)
You may also select all the groups, or de-select them all.
Under the Exercise menu, you may choose one of three exercises, or stop the current exercise.
Learn Characters
In this exercise, random characters from the selected group(s) are sent at the chosen speed. The character is also displayed on the screen.
Guess The Character
In this exercise, random characters from the selected group(s) are sent at the chosen speed.
You must type the character sent. For abbreviations, type both letters, such as AS for character sent. If you correctly decode the character, it is briefly displayed, in black, and then the next character is sent. If you type the wrong character, you may continue to try again.
If you fail to decode a character in a certain amount of time, it is displayed in red for your reference, and then the next character is sent.
When you stop this exercise, a small box will pop up, telling you how many you correctly decoded, incorrectly decoded, and what your percentage correct was. You can type cmd-A to stop the exercise, in addition to selecting it from the menu.
Copy Groups
In this exercise, random five figure groups of characters from the selected group(s) are sent at the chosen speed. When you select this mode, you will be asked how many groups you would like to have sent. The groups sent are displayed on the screen, so you can compare the text you copied to what was actually sent.
Sending Text From A File
Morse Mania can send characters from a text file. This is a great way to send real words and senetences. You can even make up a complete QSO, and have it sent.
Select Send From File... from the File menu. You may use any text file, created with SimpleText or another text editor or word processor. If you use a word processor, make sure you save the file as a plain text file, not in a special word processor format.
Characters will continue to be sent until either the entire file is transmitted, or you stop the transmission by selecting Stop Sending From File.
Version History:
1.6.0 Added Farnsworth mode.
1.5.1 Fixed a bug where abbreviations were not completely sent.
1.5.0 Added ability to send text from a file for practice.
1.1.0 Added Copy Groups mode to send five figure groups for practice.
0.2.0 Changed the way sounds are produced, due to problems on some G3 systems.
Fixed a bug where de-selecting all groups would cause the program to hang.
0.1.0 Inital Release
Registration:
Morse Mania is shareware. The registration fee is just $15. By registering this program, you help the development of ham radio software for the Macintosh.
You can register by either sending a check (or cash) directly to me, the address is at the end of this file.
To make registration easier, you can also register Morse Mania using the Kagi shareware registration service. This allows you to pay via credit card, and to register on the web.
To register Morse Mania on the web, using the Kagi service, go to the following URL:
You'll need to enter your name, email address, and mailing address, and select the program(s) you want to register (in this case Morse Mania ). Then click the continue button to enter your credit card information (you can use a secure version of the form).
To register Morse Mania using the enclosed Register application, follow these steps: Select how many copies of Morse Mania you want to register, select the payment method, and follow the instructions.
If you wish to pay by credit card, press the Copy... button, and paste the copied text into your email editor. Email the text to shareware@kagi.com and they will process your order, and let
me know that you've registered, so that I may send you a License file if necessary. You may also print out the form and send it to Kagi via mail.
If you want to pay by cash or check, you can mail it directly to me (don't use the Register program). My address is at the end of this file.
Please be sure to include your email address when you register. I may need this to email your License file or to contact you!
You can always find the latest version of Morse Mania at this URL:
If you have any questions, comments, suggestions, or bug reports, please email them to me at:
morsemania@blackcatsystems.com
My snail mail address for directly sending your registration (cash or check to Chris Smolinski only, please use email for any questions you want answered):
