Re: For the fun of it

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

Tony Cianfaglione wrote:
> On Sun, 27 Aug 2006, Michael J. Mahon wrote:
>
>
> > There must have been a ProDOS installation program, since the
> > native clock driver won't see a clock on a serial port.  Once
> > ProDOS recoginizes a clock, all programs that use the ProDOS time
> > functions will also use it.
> >
> > A custom utility must have also been provided to set the clock,
> > since this is not a standard function.
>
>
> I don't recall using a disk for it but I've had it in my system for over
> 15 years so I don't remember exactly how I set it up.  The switch flips it
> between timeset and timecount.  Is it possible it's on a rom in the clock
> and that's what boots the setting screen? 

It's possible if that capability is supported by the driver you
apparently installed in ProDOS.  This is unusual for a clock, and
especially so for a serial port clock.

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?

-michael

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