Re: LZ: A watch? Check batteries!
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Re: LZ: A watch? Check batteries!
On Sat, 2 Nov 1996, John M Bishop wrote:
>
> >the battery and take it into account. Or, even find the amount of
> >power
> >in the AAA batteries was calculated, take it into a account and use it
> >in the program to recalibrate the clock before it misses time. In
> >other
> >words, frequently test the batteries and at the same time, frequently
> >change the clock speed. Just an idea to throw around!! I hope to get
> >some feedback. It seems hard but I don't have a lot of details. Just
> >some thinking.
>
> *Phew* Touches of the ol' TRS-80 days where people made their computer do
> anyhting.
>
> The 5 min. timer is probably just built into the ROM and is dependent on
> the wait cycles (where the calc. is waiting for input), and is probably
> not exactly 5 munutes.
i was at microcenter today. i saw what i guess is called a dallas chip? it
said it had ram and a real-time clock and was a little smaller than a AA
battery. would we be able ot use one of these? if so, we could have a
clock and memory expansion in one! just an idea
Andy Haninger
aka &y
ahaning@freenet.columbus.oh.us
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