home
***
CD-ROM
|
disk
|
FTP
|
other
***
search
/
ftp.update.uu.se
/
ftp.update.uu.se.2014.03.zip
/
ftp.update.uu.se
/
pub
/
rainbow
/
msdos
/
misc
/
timer.lzh
/
TIMER.DOC
next >
Wrap
Text File
|
1984-09-01
|
2KB
|
51 lines
TIMER - a Software Clock for Rainbow MS-DOS
Copyright (c) 1985 by
Joerg K. Genius
Digital Equipment GmbH, Munich
Version 1.4 - 850812
This Software I make free for everyone with the following
restrictions :
- It may neither be sold nor be used for any other
commercial purpose.
- The program sources may not be given to someone outside
DIGITAL Equipment.
- You are not allowed to modify the copyright message.
If you make changes to the program, please inform me via
EASYnet GYCSC1::JOERG.
The only purpose of TIMER is to 'eat' CPU time. The side
effect is displaying the current time at the upper right
corner of the screen independant what you are doing with
your Rainbow.
So it is a very simple example how to implement a second
task running in the background.
Usage is quite easy :
TIMER [on] will start displaying the current time
TIMER off will disable the program.
There's no reason to turn off the timer. The
screen-saver will turn off the display anyway.
Version 1.4 has been improved to check for the 'real'
MS-DOS clock during idletimes, so TIMER will now hopefully
be syncronous with the internal clock.
Have fun !
joerg genius
csc - munich