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From: lennartb@lne.kth.se (Lennart Brjeson @ KTH, Stockholm)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: HP & Non-HP question:  Need programmable with time-of-day clock
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Date: 19 Feb 91 16:43:34 GMT
References: <1991Feb19.144042.23725@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu>
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In article <1991Feb19.144042.23725@mintaka.lcs.mit.edu>, streeter@theory.lcs.mit.edu (Kenneth B. Streeter) writes:
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>  I am looking for a programmable handheld that has an internal
>time-of-day clock that permits the current time to be retrieved as a
>value by programs.
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>  Currently, I know of three handhelds that permit this:  the SHARP
>PC-1500, the HP-17B, and HP-48.  None of these are entirely
>satisfactory.  The SHARP PC-1500 is no longer in production, and is
>hard to find used.  In addition, it's BASIC interpreter is very slow.
>The HP-17B has only limited scientific programming capabilities, being
>a business calculator, and the HP-48 is simply too expensive for me.
>(I'd like something <= $100.)
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>  Does anybody know of some other programmable handhelds that feature
>internal time-of-day clocks?  (Regardless of the price?)  I assume
>that the Atari Portfolio has one that can be accessed by programs, but
>am not sure?  Are there others by Casio? TI?
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Even if it is no long produced, you ought to be able to find a used
HP41cx or a regular 41 + a Time Module, priced under $100. (But not mine,
I'll hang on to it forever!)

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