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From: erk@americ.UUCP (Erick Parsons)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Talking Clock
Message-ID: <02542.AA02542@americ.UUCP>
Date: 11 Mar 90 14:11:15 GMT
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>From: rod@venera.isi.edu (Rodney Doyle Van Meter III) Message-ID: <12295@venera.isi.edu>
>>In article <13164@baldrick.udel.EDU> C503719@umcvmb.missouri.edu (Baird McIntosh) writes:

>>"Every multitasking system needs a talking clock..." -- Andy Finkel

>So, does one exist for the Amiga? Usual questions: where can I get it,
>PD, shareware, or commercial?
>		--Rod

Ya got a Cron program ? There are several available for the Amiga that
would perform this feat rather inexpensively. I set up a crontab that
says the hour every hour AND reminds me to back up my hard drive on the 
weekends. Da*n thing even reminds me to eat when I get to caught up in 
playing with my Amiga in the wee hours of the morning. :-) 

Added note:

Get a 29.95 receptacle timer from radio shack and Cron and you can automate
Usenet polling while you sleep (for those of you who sleep :) 


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