Re: ProClock clock card question.

[Dennis Jenkins <dennis@usb.com>]

Thank you very much for the info!  I will try it sometime soon.

Jeff Jungblut wrote:
> 
> In article <39F58951.5E416F5B@usb.com>, Dennis Jenkins <dennis@usb.com>
> wrote:
> 
> >       Arghhh.  I was going through all of my Apple II floppies to see what
> > survived the bit rot from 7 years of storage.  Among my casualties is my
> > ProClock disk.  I have no (known) way to set the clock on my card.  I
> > have no idea if the company that made it is still in business (I'm at
> > work now, and I forgot to look up that data when I was at home last
> > night).
> >       Anyway, does anyone know where I can acquire the software necessary to
> > make my hardware function correctly?
> 
> I have the original disk and manual, but don't know what condition the
> disk is in (16 years old).  According to the manual you can set the
> clock from the keyboard.  I tried it and it works.
> 
> 0. Set SW-1 ON and all other switches OFF.
> 1. Get into ProDOS BASIC.
> 2. Type PR#4 and press Return (I'm assuming your clock is in slot 4).
> 3. Type a date/time string in the following format, then press Return
> (characters won't appear on screen):
> 
> !10 2 24 16 04 51 00
> 
> 4. Press Control-Reset to return to the BASIC prompt.
> 5. Set SW-1 to OFF.
> 
> In the date/time string, '!' is required; digits are as follows: MM W DD
> HH MM SS YY.
> 
> For W (day of week), 0=Sun, 1=Mon, ... 6=Sat.  The exact placement of
> digits is critical; leading zeros must be entered or replaced with a
> spae, and the hours digits must represent the time in 24-hour format.
> 
> The seconds digits are required but ignored; the seconds are reset to 00
> when you press Return.
> 
> ProDOS uses the day of week to determine the year and ignores the year
> set on the clock card.  If ProDOS thinks the year is something other
> than 00 after setting the clock, you need to patch ProDOS's year table.
> I have a copy of that program if you need it.
> 
> You can only set the time once while SW-1 is on.  If you mess up, switch
> SW-1 off and then on before setting the time again.
> 
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