Re: For the fun of it

[nogard@cishollywood.com]

I would be interested in this as well....seeings as I have one of
these devices, but software/docs were lacking.


Maybe a .dsk image of a prodos disk that has the clock working with it
might help?  Just a thought.  At least it would be something.

-Chris Ryan


On Sun, 27 Aug 2006 20:27:56 -0700, "Michael J. Mahon"
<mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:

>Tony Cianfaglione wrote:
>> On Sun, 27 Aug 2006, Michael J. Mahon wrote:
>> 
>> 
>>>How do you get to the setting code after flipping the switch?
>>>Do you re-boot, or do a PR#?, or does ProDOS have to be running?
>> 
>> 
>> Stretching the old memory way back, I think I just flipped the switch and
>> turned on the IIc.  It came up to a setup screen which lets you enter the
>> time and date and it tells you to flip the switch when you're done.  You
>> then reboot using your regular ProDOS, DOS3.3 or application and the clock
>> is recognized and appears in the upper right hand corner of the screen.
>> I don't recall having to boot using a disk but that's a long time ago now.
>
>I can't understand how any serial port device can gain control of
>the computer unless some installed code loads the ROM content into RAM
>and gives it control.
>
>Also, the display of the time on the screen requires that an interrupt
>routine be installed, since ProDOS doesn't do it, and most applications
>don't do it unless patched.
>
>I've become *very* interested in the documentation for this clock!
>
>Any chance that installation involved adding a "CLOCK.SYSTEM" file
>as the first .SYSTEM file on the boot disk?
>
>-michael
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