Hi All,
        I have been asked by some Morse coders to explore the possibility
of using a micro to set an AT-command style modem into 300 baud to
communicate via a hand operated Morse key.

  At the moment these guys are using dumb modems to send Morse to each
other all over Australia,  dumb 300 baud modems are getting harder to come
by so they are looking at using smart modems with a 'little black box' to
handle setting the right mode and interfacing to the key and sounder.

 If anyone has some time to spend on this let me know.  I am sure lots of
people
have done some sort of telemetry over a modem and have some handy routines
to
simplify this task.

  My one concern is that today's smart modems are not going to like sending
or
receiving data that is not framed correctly.  If anyone has some direct
experience of
any brands that will be good or bad, or ways around this please don't stay
quiet!

  As many 'dumb' modems are already in use and hooked up, compatibility
between
the smart and dumb versions needs to be maintained.  e.g.. no packets of
'key on' 'key off'


 Any comments truly appreciated,  I have played with 16C84's a while ago
but fairly open to other options.  Cost is significant as most of the users
are
on a pension.


        cya,    Andrew...