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From: hoser@ucrmath.UCR.EDU (Mark Houser)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: (none)
Message-ID: <1251@ucrmath.UCR.EDU>
Date: 18 Jul 89 00:10:59 GMT
References: <8907110544.AA00869@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> <3965@udccvax1.acs.udel.EDU>
Reply-To: hoser@ucrmath.UUCP (Mark Houser)
Organization: University of California, Riverside
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In article <3965@udccvax1.acs.udel.EDU> gdtltr@vax1.acs.udel.EDU (Gary D Duzan) writes:
>In article <8907110544.AA00869@ucbvax.Berkeley.EDU> <FTJLH%ALASKA.BITNET@Forsythe.Stanford.EDU> writes:
>>RE: TURBO BASIC XL
>>    Howdy...I'm an ST waif seeking help with this GERMAN wonder, specifically:
>>how do you set the clock? SET TIME$= doesn't. Straight assignment doesn't.
>>What does? HELP! Thanks for any.       j harris
>
>   I think I have the docs around here, but I don't need them to tell you
>this: Turbo BASIC XL's clock won't work right on American systems. The clock
>is designed to work with the 50 Hz PAL TV standard used in Europe. In other
>words, the time will be way off.
>
>					Gary Duzan
>					Time  Lord
>				    Third Regeneration
>				 Atari Enthusiast Extreme

Some time back I downloaded a patch from a BBS in the Seattle area (THE REEF,
number not handy) which patched Turbo BASIC XL to allow the time functions to
work at 60 Hz.  I don't have the patch (or anything else atari related) with
me, but if there is interest I can find, upload, and post the patch program.
It's short and in BASIC.  As for setting the clock I don't have any ideas off
hand.  It seems like you're on the right track, though.  Try assigning various
values to TIME and printing TIME$ (as well as assigning various strings to
TIME$ itself).  But it sounds like you've tried this already.  Sorry I can't
be of more help there.

					Mark Houser
					UC Riverside (Graduate)
					Internet: hoser@ucrmath.ucr.edu