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From: streeter@theory.lcs.mit.edu (Kenneth B. Streeter)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: HP & Non-HP question:  Need programmable with time-of-day clock
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Date: 19 Feb 91 14:40:42 GMT
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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.

  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.)

  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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