Re: LZ: zshell questions...


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Re: LZ: zshell questions...



On Sun, 4 Aug 1996, Corey MD Roussel wrote:


> Is that necessarily true?  Isn't the link port's speed somewhat
> regulated?
> I was able to write a program on the 82 a few years ago in TI BASIC.  The
> 82  BASIC has a send variable feature which I used in the second delay. 
> Granted,  it's no atomic clock, but it was only off by about a second
> every nine minutes.  Could something like this not also be implemented
> in ZSHELL?  Do we have another cause for "82 envy"?  Or am I simply a
> fool?
 
For a clock, being off a second every 9 minutes is grossly inacurate.
The average $4.99 wind-up drug store alarm clock is much more
accurate than that, and most people don't use them because they're
just not accurate enough.


Barry


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