On Mon 23-Jun-1997  5:49a, Scott Christensen wrote:
SC> I have Symantec C for the Mac but haven't done anything with it to speak
SC> of.  I bought it for a project 2 jobs ago.  I haven't bought a fancy
SC> scanner with any kind of data port because of the problem with making a
SC> program to control it...
SC>   
SC> If the program is available commercially, I would buy the scanner.  Does
SC> that make sense?  
Oddly enough it does make sense!  No actually, I would buy the scanner that I 
wanted, and if it had a data port on it, so be it, I would make use of it if 
I could, in any way I could.
Most scanners/radios with RS-232 interfaces built in are VERY easy to 
control, and can be controlled with a simple BASIC program (and I know 
everyone loves BASIC about like a root canal)...
You can at least do memory manipulation easily on most radios.  Writing and 
reading the VFO is easy on most too, but controlled scanning is the hardest 
and is specific to each radio.
John
DR. John M. Hoyt / AKA Warren Peace  -  C-Link! International Coordinator
                                     -  Fido Net 391 NC/EC
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