@jennyc: The problem is that you need to use a more recent version of NewSoftSerial. There are two ways to get a newer version:
- NewSoftSerial 11 (beta) | Arduiniana - latest beta version from Mikal's site
- or from Google Code Archive - Long-term storage for Google Code Project Hosting. - A modified 10c version I did a while ago.
Try one of those, and see how it goes.
(it looks like you were using the "SerialBase" version of NewSoftSerial - I know it's confusing - It'll be straightened out soon enough).
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