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┴╬ ╔╬╘╥╧─╒├╘╔╧╬ ╘╧ ├╠╧├╦-╙┼╘ 64
┬Y ╙TEVEN ╞ISK
╙EPTEMBER, 1989.
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╫ELCOME TO ├LOCK-╙ET: ┴ PROGRAM THAT
╔ HOPE YOU WILL ENJOY AND FIND OF USE!
╘HIS PROGRAM DOES WHAT SEEMS TO BE A
VERY SIMPLE TASK BUT ACTUALLY TOOK
QUITE A BIT OF PROGRAMMING TO ACCOMP-
LISH. ╒SING THIS PROGRAM AND YOUR
MODEM, YOU CAN CALL A SPECIAL COMPUTER
IN ╫ASHINGTON, ─├ TO RETRIEVE THE TIME
FROM THE ╒.╙. ╬AVAL ╧BSERVATORY'S
ATOMIC CLOCK.
╘HE ╒╙╬╧'S CLOCK IS ACCURATE TO 1
NANOSECOND PER DAY! ╞OR THOSE OF YOU
WHO ARE NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE TERM
NANOSECOND, IT STANDS FOR A BILLIONTH
OF A SECOND WHICH IS ABOUT AS ACCURATE
AS A CLOCK CAN GET! ╧F COURSE, DUE TO
RESTRICTIONS ON THE ACCURACY OF THE
CLOCK IN THE ├OMMODORE 64, IT IS NOT
POSSIBLE TO GET THAT ACCURATE SO THIS
PROGRAM IS NOT RECOMENDED FOR THINGS
THAT REQUIRE ACCURACY GREATER THAN 1
SECOND. ╫HAT THIS PROGRAM WILL DO FOR
YOU IS PROVIDE YOU WITH A TIME THAT IS
ACCURATE ENOUGH TO SET YOUR CLOCKS TO.
┴NOTHER USE FOR THIS PROGRAM IS TO
USE IT AS PART OF YOUR OWN PROGRAM.
╔ HAVE INCLUDED A SOURCE CODE FOR THIS
PROGRAM WHICH IS WRITTEN IN ┬┴╙╔├.
┴NYONE WHO WISHES TO USE IT IN THEIR
OWN PROGRAM IS FREE TO DO SO. ╘HIS
PROGRAM COULD BE ESPECIALLY USEFULL AS
PART OF A ┬┬╙ PROGRAM. ╒SING THE CLOCK
ROUTINES IN THIS PROGRAM, YOU COULD
HAVE THE TIME AND DATE OF YOUR ┬┬╙ SET
AUTOMATICALLY AND ACCURATELY!
╧NE QUESTION YOU MIGHT HAVE ON YOUR
MIND ABOUT THIS PROGRAM (ESPECIALLY
IF YOU DON'T LIVE IN THE WASHINGTON
─├ AREA) IS HOW MUCH WILL IT COST
ME IN LONG DISTANCE CHARGES TO CALL
THIS ATOMIC CLOCK? ╘HE ANSWER IS
NOT MUCH! ╘HIS PROGRAM CAN GET THE
TIME AND DATE FROM THE ╒╙╬╧'S CLOCK IN
LESS THAN 20 SECONDS FROM THE TIME
OF CONNECTION SO LONG DISTANCE COSTS
ARE VERY LOW. ╘HERE IS ALSO NO CHARGE
FOR USING THE COMPUTER SERVICE ╒╙╬╧
PROVIDES TO RETRIEVE THE TIME.
╔N THE REMAINING HELP SECTIONS ON
THE HELP MENU, ╔ WILL SHOW YOU HOW
TO USE THIS PROGRAM AS WELL AS HOW
TO USE THE SOURCE CODE OF THE PROGRAM
IN YOUR OWN PROGRAMS. ╙TART WITH
OPTION '╙' ON THE HELP MENU FOR
SETTING UP THE PROGRAM AND THEN GO
ON TO '╥' FOR THE ACTUAL INSTRUCTIONS
ON HOW TO RECEIVE THE TIME FROM ╒╙╬╧.
╧PTION '╨' ON THE MAIN MENU WILL GIVE
YOU EVERYTHING YOU NEED TO KNOW ABOUT
USING THE SOURCE CODE IN YOUR OWN
PROGRAMS.
╚OPE YOU ENJOY THIS PROGRAM
AND GOOD LUCK!
╙TEVEN ╞ISK