Re: Dallas SmartWatch on Platinum //e

[mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)]

Andy wrote:

>On 21 Jan 2003 15:00:02 -0800, earnhardtfanpl@hotmail.com (Paul H.
>Lee) wrote:
>
>>I just got a brand new Dallas Semiconductor Smartwatch chip for my
>>//e.  I have a Platinum //e.  The chip seems to fit ONLY under the C-F
>>ROM, where I installed it.  The problem is that the software only sees
>>it sometimes, and when thedriver loads successfully, the clock seems
>>to jump all over the place (both the date AND the time).  What am I
>>missing??? does the chip not work on the Platinum model with its
>>combined CD / EF ROM's?
>
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>
>Hello Paul, I have a Dallas Smartwatch chip on my platinum //e in the
>same place and it does work.  It will keep the correct date and time
>over several years without losing a minuite (except for daylight
>savings time thing).  The problem is all the other Apple applications
>can't seem to deal with the current date without patching.  I have not
>patched "ProDOS" and or "AppleWorks" so my files don't get the correct
>date/time stamp when saved.  If you want to check the operation of the
>chip, download the "No-Slot Clock Utilities V1.2 by Craig Peterson" or
>the "SmartWatch Utility Ver1.1 by Mathew Lee Stier".  I think I got
>them from Asimov a while ago but maybe someone knows of another source
>now.  I have them installed on a Focus Drive and just checked the date
>& time which were still correct.  Now, if you could let me know how to
>get major applications to use the clock, that would be great.	

I'm not sure what you mean by "use" the clock.

Once the No-Slot Clock driver is installed by its .system program,
ProDOS date and time functions work as advertised, and all apps
that use ProDOS for date and time work properly as well.  Appleworks
and Appleworks add-ons that use the date and time should work.

Very few applications are time- or date-aware, and so are largely
oblivious to the presence or absence of a clock.  Fortunately, file
time/date stamping is perhaps the most useful benefit of a clock,
and it is fully supported by ProDOS when the proper clock driver
is installed.

-michael

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