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From: pigrp@ihuxq.UUCP (Peter Fales)
Newsgroups: net.consumers
Subject: Re: Need a *smart* alarm clock
Message-ID: <1029@ihuxq.UUCP>
Date: Sun, 24-Jun-84 19:37:17 EDT
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Posted: Sun Jun 24 19:37:17 1984
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>I need something that will:
>	a. Know what day of the week it is.
>	b. Alarm or announce multiple times per day, if desired.
>	c. Ideally, interact with a tape or digital speech device
>		to emit some different mnemonic code or phrase to
>		identify the action required at this particular
>		time. This phrase would differ for each alarm.

It is a moderately expensive solution, but a Hewlett Packard HP-41C
calculator with a Time Module will handle everything you need (if an
alphanumeric display is an acceptable substitute for speech.)

The Time Module provides a full real-time clock/calendar with an arbitrary
number of alarms (limited only by memory space) that can can be set for
any year/month/day/time.  When the alarm goes off, it can (in 
addition to beeping) simply display
the time, display a pre-programmed message, or run a custom program.  Any
alarm can be programmed to repeat at a preset interval (such as a day,
or week).  The calculat requires each alarm to be acknowledged and keeps
track of unacknowledged "past due" alarms.

My latest Elek-Tek catalog lists the 41C at $209.00 and the time module
at $60.00
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Peter Fales

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