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From: andy@cbmvax.commodore.com (Andy Finkel)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Talking Clock
Message-ID: <10165@cbmvax.commodore.com>
Date: 14 Mar 90 20:08:48 GMT
References: <13164@baldrick.udel.EDU> <12295@venera.isi.edu> <3347@tymix.UUCP>
Reply-To: andy@cbmvax (Andy Finkel)
Organization: Commodore, West Chester, PA
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In article <3347@tymix.UUCP> pnelson@hobbes.UUCP (Phil Nelson) writes:
>In article <12295@venera.isi.edu> rod@venera.isi.edu.UUCP (Rodney Doyle Van Meter III) writes:
>>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
>
>One of the first things I did when Amicron came out was make an alarm clock,
>using the built-in say function. Later I added announcements for other times.
>a sample line from the CronTab follows:


The one I did was based entirely on AmigaDOS script files under 1.3.
It used the Wait function to keep time, and a combination of trhe
eval, the echo, and a magic script trick to change the numbers
1:23 (or whatever) into one twenty three ay em

It appeared in one of the Amiga Transactors.


		andy
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