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From: king@ivory.UUCP (Steven King)
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Date: 22 Aug 89 01:55:27 GMT
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The No-Slot Clock doesn't work with Modemworks, true.  But it's not terribly 
hard write a patch to do the job for you.  I've successfully patched the
AppleNet BBS (also based on Modemworks) to read the No-Slot Clock.  All you
need to do is find a few bytes free to stick the machine-language routine
(included on the No-Slot Clock disk) and write a BASIC subroutine to read
the clock and parse the time and date information so that it looks like the
output of the &TIME function of Modemworks (well, I believe it's actually a
function of Amperworks).  Then replace each occurrance of &TIME with GOSUB
60000 (or wherever your routine is).  I STRONGLY recommend Edit.Pro or some
other global BASIC editor to root out &TIME!  If you'd like I'll beam you the
subroutine I use via email.

Yes, a BASIC subroutine is a bit slow, but it's not intolerable.  It takes 
about 1/4 second to run, whereas &TIME takes much less time.  If you were
REALLY ambitious you could find the ampersand hook &TIME uses and patch in your
own &TIME routine.  I'm not that ambitious...

A general word of warning about the No-Slot Clock:  The ProDOS patch on the
utilities disk is bad.  Someone here was kind enough to post a replacement
on the APPLE2-L listserv at BROWNVM (cross-linked to comp.sys.apple?).  That
replacement works MUCH better!

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