MORSE CODE BOWS OUT IN FRANCE.(NEWS)

From: Daily News (Los Angeles, CA) | Date: February 2, 1997 | Copyright information

Byline: Associated Press

``Dot-dot-dot-dash-dot-dash'' - Over and out.

French maritime radio authorities were to send that message - their last in Morse code - at midnight Friday, putting an end to 93 years of the system's use in favor of radio and satellite communication.

The U.S. Coast Guard abandoned Morse code in 1995, and the 130-year-old system is scheduled for worldwide maritime extinction by February 1999 - the casualty of newer technologies...

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