Hello, Mark, it is a great day here.

 ML> that would be sparky of PCBoard fame/history... there are other
 ML> methods that do the same basic functions.

 If you ever get to write that project of yours, let me know, I will do
 some beta testing for you.  ;-))  JAM ?

 My first experience with this message mailing was in 2m packet work. I
 even tried to do it on HF Ham bands and got it to work. I wanted to
 have access to the world if I went on a long sail. My 38' sailboat was
 loaded with elex, starting with an alternator controler to make it all
 possible, a small computor that would charge the battery banks in a
 shorter time. A marvel.

 But for the time being, sailboat sold, I am a land lubber still playing
 with things in the spirit of the Ham op where one would build his own
 coil, trany and all circuits. I keep in touch with the world via BW and
 this is sufficient in my waning years. The inside operation is in the
 background as I am using it successfully and that is the important
 point.

 But as I do quite often, let me thank you again for the conversation.
 Yesterday, I was cleaning some old .doc from my laptop and I chanced on
 some from you about doing repair work to a system, involving DOS. I kept
 them all.

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