Re: Seiko datagraph

[prl3546@aw2.fsl.ca.boeing.com (Philip R. Lindberg)]

dlyons@Apple.COM (David A Lyons) writes:

>In article <9212312152.AA22603@cwis.unomaha.edu> jcitro@CWIS.UNOMAHA.EDU (Joe Citro) writes:
>>
>>  Last summer, I bought one of those Seiko datagraph watches at 
>>  Kansasfest.  When I got it home I tried it out on my II GS and the
>>  software wouldn't work right.  [...]
>>  [...], but I was hoping it would work on the GS.  Does anyone
>>  have a clue on how to get it to work?  Thanks in advance.

>Works for me!  Set the GS speed to Slow (1MHz).  Then use their software
>to set the clock in the white box.  (Strangely, the software doesn't seem
>to let you actually set the *watch's* time.)

Yes, Dave is right.  Mine works fine too, as soon as I set the speed to
slow (1MHz).  This is because the watch is accessed through the joy stick
port and the timing of the pulses is dependent of the CPU speed.  It's
Accually a cute little Basic program which runs very slowwwwww.  I would
suggest that the first time you start it up and want to set up your
initial alarms, etc. (up to 80 remember) leave your GS at Fast (ZIP fast
is even better due to the "garbage collection" that Basic does) then
save the file away, exit, and reboot at slow (1MHz).  Then everything 
should work.

Phil
Apple II SIG Leader - TechAlliance

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