With much due respect to my friend Bill, we need to nip this thread in
the bud ASAP. The Easter Egg mentioned is the infamous RITTY licensing
message. If you transmit 10 times without including the callsign to
which the program is licensed, RITTY will transmit a message similar to
"RITTY v4.5 licensed to [callsign]". Many of us have seen this message
several times from others during a contest, and it MIGHT indicate
pirated software. As long as your behavior is "normal" (including your
callsign once in awhile), you will not get this unwanted message if
you're using licensed software.
Please let's don't debate whether Brian has the right to make our
transmitters transmit something we didn't intend. That's old news...
You gotta live with it or not use his sofware.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jerry Flanders" <jflanders2@home.com>
To: "Bill" <w9ol@billnjudy.com>
Cc: <writelog@contesting.com>
Sent: Friday, March 09, 2001 10:08 AM
Subject: Re: [WriteLog] Easter Egg found in WL with RITTY
>
> I wonder if an unbroken string of 11 CQ's from a buffer would trigger
this?
> Such a string happens to me a lot (unfortunately).
>
> Can you be a little more informative about this "easter egg". What
harm
> does it do? Does it transmit a message? Is it just something to be
cleared
> from the screen (and how do you clear it)?
>
> Jerry W4UK
>
> At 08:44 AM 3/9/01 -0600, you wrote:
> >
> >I have been, and still am, a paid-licensed, user of RITTY.
> >
> >Upon the suggestion of a friend I set up WL/RITTY to check out the
> >combination.
> >I normally run RITTY is FSK mode on my MP.
> >You need the latest version of Writelog and latest version of RITTY.
> >
> >I started Writelog and prepared for the upcoming RTTY contest
selecting
> >RITTY as the tnc.
> >While testing the ptt port I set a buffer to send just the word
> >'Testing'.
> >Put the MP on the dummy load.
> >Hit the buffer F key.
> >It printed the word 'testing' on the screen and I could hear through
the
> >monitor the sounds being transmitted.
> >After a couple of tests I got a surprise.
> >I found an Easter Egg embedded.
> >
> >To see the Egg, do what I did and set up a buffer with just the word
> >'Testing'. and transmit that buffer 11 times in succession.
> >Do not send any other buffer or keystrokes.
> >
> >
> >
> >
> >------------------------------------------------------------
> >"The meek shall inherit the earth, but not it's mineral rights."
> >------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> >Bill H.
>
>
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