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From: Chris_F_Chiesa@cup.portal.com
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
Subject: Re: 8 bit clocks
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Date: 8 Sep 90 16:11:33 GMT
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> Gary Duzan recently wrote,
> 
> In article <1990Sep6.092043.23702@hayes.fai.alaska.edu> ftjlh@acad3.fai.
> alaska.edu writes:
> =>    I don't see that atari BASIC has a provision for clock.... does the
> =>ICD cart come with some extended language? I also need info on the ports
> =>of the 800XL and 130XE lines... any help appreciated. Thanks.. j
> 
>    I believe there is a Z: handler for the clock. You can send XIO calls to
> the Z: device to read the time. [...]

Tell me more about this Z: handler -- is this something specific to the ICD
R-Time 8 cartridge, or will it read the software clock (memory locations 
18,19,20) on a stock Atari?  Does it come with the R-Ttime 8, or is it avail-
able as a separate itemn?  From ICD?  Public domain?  I'd be interested in an
easily-pollable-from-BASIC clock, myself.

Thanks in advance, Gary. (Tell Sunita B. I sent mail to her "new" username,
but haven't heard back...)

Chris Chiesa
  Chris_F_Chiesa@cup.portal.com