Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!oberon!vikram.usc.edu!mlinar From: mlinar@vikram.usc.edu (Mitch Mlinar) Newsgroups: comp.os.cpm Subject: Re: No-slot clocks Message-ID: <3890@oberon.USC.EDU> Date: Sat, 8-Aug-87 18:37:57 EDT Article-I.D.: oberon.3890 Posted: Sat Aug 8 18:37:57 1987 Date-Received: Sun, 9-Aug-87 12:06:56 EDT References: <1027@moscom.UUCP> Sender: nobody@oberon.USC.EDU Reply-To: mlinar@vikram.usc.edu (Mitch Mlinar) Organization: University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA Lines: 41 In article <1027@moscom.UUCP> adp@moscom.UUCP (Alan Percy) writes: >Try taking a look at the Ztime-I from Kenmore Computer Tech. >It goes under the Z80 socket and maps into I/O space. Comes >with all the source you could ever need. It has the added >advantage of being supported by lots of application programs >like DateStamper, Presto!.... > >They can be reached at: > KCT > PO Box 635 > Kenmore NY 14217 > (716) 877-0617 > > >Neat suff......I love mine!!!! >Alan This is the kind of reply that irks me so much that I have to say something: Alan, there is NOTHING wrong with your comment EXCEPT that you should admit that you are the president of KCT which is done as a side business. This net is NOT for free advertising. To soften it a little, I would not have minded the same posting at all if you had just appended: President, KCT (or whatever your title is now) Your "neat stuff ..." comment takes on a different meaning when this is taken into consideration: PR bs. I don't mind "plugs" as long as it is admitted (Jay Sage did not hide the fact he is behind the new ZCPR stuff and wants to make money from it); honesty is the best policy. To the net - about the Kenmore Tech Clock: It is a very good clock, but also the most expensive one on the market at $100 assembled. It takes 16 continuous I/O ports and mine required calibration using capacitors since it lost 3 minutes a week. The board is 3x3 (or around there in size) and stands 5/8 in high, so make sure you have room for it. My clock is still running (on its second battery); I also have a no-slot running (in another machine) which is easier to install and cheaper, although to be fair, the driver support in the KCT stuff was very good compared to the no-slot lack of info.