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PCCLOCK DIGITAL CLOCK USER'S GUIDE
Version 1.01 |
Introduction
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* PCCLOCK is a full-featured digital clock program that displays the
date and time in big characters in your choice of 80 colorful designs
supplied with the program or up to 20 designs you create yourself.
* Useful as well as fun to watch, PCCLOCK includes date- and time-
setting functions, seconds display, 12- and 24-hour modes, an alarm,
and an optional Big Ben hourly chime.
* Add PCCLOCK to the end of your AUTOEXEC.BAT file to check the date and
time whenever you restart your PC, use it whenever you need to set
your computer's clock, or run it just to pass the time whenever you
and your computer are not otherwise engaged.
* PCCLOCK requires an EGA, VGA, MCGA, or compatible color display. |
Operation
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Pressing the <F1> key alternately displays and erases a list of
functions at the bottom of the screen. Functions are selected by
pressing <F2>-<F10>; these keys are active whether or not the list of
functions is displayed. When a function is selected, instructions are
displayed if further input is required.
When no other function is selected, the <Page Up>, <Page Down>, <Home>,
<End>, <Ctrl-R>, and left and right arrow keys can be used to select a
clock design just as though <F2> ("Select Design") had been pressed.
Pressing the <Esc> key when no function is selected causes the program
to exit.
Clock Designs
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The date and time are displayed using specified characters from the IBM
extended character set. One extended character, called "Mark Char", is
used to form the big characters. Another extended character, called
"Space Char", is used to form the surrounding box. Separate foreground
and background colors can be specified for both extended characters.
Thus, six parameters specify a complete design.
The clock designs are organized into five pages of 20 designs each.
Four pages are filled with the 80 designs supplied with the program.
The fifth page is initially blank and may be used to store up to 20 of
your own designs.
When PCCLOCK is started, it chooses a design at random. To select
another design at random, press <Ctrl-R>. To select a specific design,
press <F2> ("Select Design"), and follow the displayed instructions.
To create a design of your own or to modify any of the 100 designs,
first select the design you wish to modify, then press <F3> ("Modify
Design"). Follow the displayed instructions to change any or all of the
design's six parameters. To save the design, press <Ctrl-S>.
PCCLOCK.DAT
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PCCLOCK uses the file PCCLOCK.DAT to save any modified clock designs and
to retain settings for 12/24-hour mode, date/time display, chime on/off,
alarm time, and alarm on/off.
PCCLOCK.DAT will be created when PCCLOCK is first run and whenever it is
not found by PCCLOCK. With DOS versions 3.0 and later, PCCLOCK.DAT is
placed in the same directory as PCCLOCK.EXE. With earlier DOS versions,
PCCLOCK.DAT is placed in the current directory.
Notice
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You may freely copy this program and share it with others, provided that
no charge is made other than for storage media, copying, or transmission
time, and the program is not modified.
You are invited to register your copy of PCCLOCK by sending your name
and address and, if you have one, your CompuServe user ID to:
M. J. Sadaway
Box 128-P
South Walpole, MA 02071
If you register, you will receive an announcement of the next version of
PCCLOCK when it becomes available. If you find PCCLOCK to be useful or
enjoyable and you wish to do so, please include $5 payment. If you do,
you will be entitled to receive future versions of PCCLOCK free of
charge.
Questions, comments, criticisms, and suggestions are welcome. Please
send them, along with the parameters for any nice designs you create, to
the above address or via CompuServe mail to [75046,2272]. Thank you.