Re: IIc System Clock...

[Tony Cianfaglione <ab616@chebucto.ns.ca>]

I picked it up at a thrift store for $1.50 several years ago but since it
never had anything else with it, I just put it in a box to look at later.
It looks like a nifty add-on for the IIc but I now hear that it limited
whatever port it was put on - to 2400 baud so I would have to use it in
the printer port as I connect to my freenet at 14,400 bps with my IIc.

I can put the software on my CT100c hard drive and that way eliminate
having to put the software on each disk - as I boot from my hard drive.
My IIc also has a 1 mb Ram IIc card and an 8 mhz zipchip so I hope that
doesn't interfere with it.

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On 19 Jun 2001, Kevin Saturna wrote:

> I got one of these in the 80's so the BBS I ran could be time-savvy.
> Overall I found it to be a horribly irritating device..  But it worked.
> I still have it, and it still works, and I have the box and manuals and
> everything it came with.
> 
> It requires I believe THREE AA batteries.  It eats them up like crazy and
> you have to unscrew the case to replace them.  Very annoying.  You  have
> to plug it into either the modem or printer port, and I found annoyances
> with either option.
> 
> AND ProDOS will not recognize the clock on its own.  You need to put a
> special driver on every single disk you wish to boot to make it work.
> 
> I have the original software disk with the manuals and etc.
> 
> I'm surprised if it is not already sitting at one of the archives.  If
> not, I'm sure as an owner of the hardware you are entitled to the
> necessary software.
> 
> Do I sound a tad bitter?  Well, maybe.  That clock was a lot of trouble.
> But it is a unique computer device.. And maybe the only way to have a
> clock with a //c besides some kind of internal hardware mod.  (Certain
> Z-80 chips had clocks in them)
> 
> So there you go,
> ---Kevin