Re: three questions about //e

[Stephen Shaw <stephen@apple2.org.za>]

On 07 Jun 2001 17:23:11 GMT, Michael J. Mahon wrote:

> David wrote:
>
> <snip>
>>The SmartWatch is inserted underneath a ROM chip on the motherboard, so
>>it doesn't tie up a slot.  The installation is somewhat more complex
>>than a card, of course.
>
> If clearance is a problem, it can also go under a slot ROM.  I've got
> one under the ROM on a 3.5" disk controller.  The software searches
> the slot space as well as the >$D000 space for the clock chip.
>
That's interesting I must try that on my UDC controller card.

>>I've also seen a clock that plugs into the game port (AppleWatch?),
>>though I imagine it might conflict with a joystick, the Apple keys or
>>the shift key mod.
>
> I have some of these, too.  In fact, in the early 80's I sold these.  ;-)
> The only issue with the PB inputs was that if the shift key was held
> down while the clock was being read, the date would come back as
> all zero.  Not much of an annoyance in practice, if you think about
> how the shift key is actually used.  I suppose that a person in the
> habit of keying shift-RETURN might have some surprises.  ;-)
>
> -michael
>
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