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*** About TS
The TimeSaver Tickler Utility:
In some cases it may be more useful to activate TimeSaver's
Set Date function by using the more standard approach used by most
suppliers of Clock devices for the Amiga of putting a small program
in the s/startup-sequence your boot disk. The utility provided here
will request the correct time and date from TimeSaver and update the
internal Amiga Clock. This utility will work in all situations and
with any combination of settings activated within TimeSaver.
The Tickler will get and set the time properly even if the
TimeSaver is totally turned off (See TimeSaver Manual Pg. 33) and
doesn't care if the Auto-Date (See TimeSaver Manual Pg. 11), Auto-
Break (See TimeSaver Manual Pg. 34), Auto-Macro (See TimeSaver Manual
Pg. 24), Auto-Password (See TimeSaver Manual Pg. 27) or the Screen
Echo (See TimeSaver Manual Pg. 28) Functions are ON or OFF. And even
more importantly, the Tickler will work in any s/startup-sequence,
even if the s/startup-sequence ends the current CLI window.
Turn Auto-Break OFF when Using TS.
Turn Auto-Date OFF when Using TS.
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*** About TSX
The TimeSaver Accuracy Utility:
In some cases it is may be desirable to update the Amiga Clock
with a time that is accurate to the nearest second. The TSX Utility
will do this by reading the TimeSaver's internal clock until it changes
to the next minute. This time is then entered into the Amiga through
the Date Command.
Space considerations in the current version of TimeSaver caused
us to limit TimeSaver's updates to date, hours and minutes (leaving out
seconds) only. In the next version, greater precision in setting the
clock will be provided.
How TSX works:
TSX works by repeatedly reading Timesaver's internal clock. (It
reads in a new value about twice every second.) When the minute value
changes, TSX updates the Amiga's clock function. On a day to day basis
this system should allow +/- one second accuracy. (within the limits of
the accuracy of the both Timesaver and the Amiga clock functions.
Notes on Using TSX:
Turn Auto-Break OFF when Using TSX.
Turn Auto-Date OFF when Using TSX.
Put the TSX call as early as possible in the s/startup-sequence.
Do not use the Timesaver's HELP+F5 function to update the clock.
TSX may be called at any time just like any other Amiga CLI Command.
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Random Notes:
The Tickler program is an example of the ability of TimeSaver
to recieve information from the Amiga, as well as send it. In future
revisions of the TimeSaver's operating system we will do more with
these abilities.
Three planned additions in the next generation of TimeSaver are
the implementation of Repeating Keys and the ability to up-load and
download the to and from the 8K RAM on the TimeSaver to allow storage
of several sets of Macros that can be down-loaded as required for
different applications. We will also provide either a Macro Editor, or
a conversion utility that will allow you to either edit the macros or
convert them to a format that can be used by most text editors to allow
editing. Edited Macros could then be stored on disk and loaded back into
the TimeSaver as needed. And finally the date command will be expanded to
provide one second accuracy by printing out seconds in the Date command.
TimeSaver has only 8K of onboard ROM (in the form of an EPROM)
for storage of the program (operating system) that makes TimeSaver work.
The current version uses only 4K of the available 8K. (Try doing all the
tricks TimeSaver does in a 4K program on the Amiga! - Remember a lot of
that 4K is taken up by text for the ROM Macros and Screen Prompts!) In
the next generation of TimeSaver we plan to use the entire 8K! So we
can add some neat features if we could think of any? Care to help us
out? We'd appreciate your input.
Complete source code for the Ticklers is provided herein, and
the program is placed in the Public Domain. Feel free to write, re-
write or modify this code in any way.
Sincerely,
Breck & Ed