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- From: jcitro@cwis.unomaha.edu (Joe Citro)
- Subject: Re: Seiko datagraph
- Message-ID: <1993Jan12.054157.28026@news.unomaha.edu>
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- Organization: University of Nebraska at Omaha
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- Date: Tue, 12 Jan 1993 05:41:57 GMT
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- dlyons@Apple.COM 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. I put it away and promptly forgot about
- > > it. Today, I got it out again and guess what, it still doesn't work.
- > > I keep getting a "bad time from clock" error. Could this be because
- > >the
- > > GS has a clock of its own? I know the watch was designed for the
- > > II+ and IIe, 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.)
- > --
- > David A. Lyons, Apple Computer, Inc. | DAL Systems
- > Apple II System Software Engineer | P.O. Box 875
- > Internet:dlyons@apple.com | Cupertino, CA 95015-0875
- >
- > My opinions are my own, not Apple's.
-
- Thanks Dave, and everyone else that responded. I slowed it down to 1 MHz
- and the software worked. For some reason, it won't recognize 1993 though.
- everytime, I enter 1993 and set the rest of the data, the software
- comes back with 1999.
-
- --
- Joe Citro - CMSgt(Ret)/USAF
- Newsletter Editor - Metro Apple Comp.Hobbyist (MACH) - Omaha NE Members of "The Dead Computer Society"
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