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- TIMIT.DOC
- Version 1.0
- May 9, 1990
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- Programmer: Lamar O. Keller
- 209 Overlook Road
- Savannah, GA 31410
- 912/897-6567
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- Description:
-
- TIMIT is a time logger to keep track of PC-Pursuit, Starlink, GENIE,
- CompuServe, etc. time usage. The program will create individual time
- logs for each application to be timed. The program maintains an ASCII
- file(s) that contain log-on date, time, session elapsed time, and
- accumulated elapsed time since the last reset. The file(s) records elapsed
- time in hours, minutes, and seconds up to 1000 hours. The timer may be
- reset at any time.
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- Usage:
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- To start the timer for a session, type
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- timit 1 filnam <ntr>
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- where filnam = DOS filename for ASCII file, with NO extension
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- To stop the timer for a session, type
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- timit 2 filnam <ntr>
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- To reset and initialize the timer for a new log, type
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- timit 3 filnam <ntr>
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- The 3 switch MUST be used first for a time log to initialize the timer
- log and to place a title header at the top of the text file.
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- To automate the timer, the timer may be started and stopped from batch
- files or your communication program script files.
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- The time information is maintained in an ASCII file(s) named filnam.TXT.
- This file(s) may be viewed with the DOS TYPE command, a text editor, or
- word processor. Of course, the file(s) may be printed with the DOS
- PRINT command.
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- filnam.TXT may be erased if desired. TIMIT will create a new .TXT
- file(s) if needed. filnam.TXT is updated whenever the timer is stopped
- ( TIMIT 2 filnam ).
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- Examples:
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- To keep track of usage on PC-Pursuit, first initialize the timer with
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- timit 3 PURSUIT
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- After initialization, the timer may be started with
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- timit 1 PURSUIT
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- and stopped with
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- timit 2 PURSUIT
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- For GENIE, use
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- timit 1 GENIE (after initialization for the GENIE log)
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- etc.
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- As many logs may be created as desired.
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- How it works:
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- TIMIT uses two files for each time log - filnam.TXT and filnam.BIN. The
- TXT file is described above. filnam.BIN is a one record binary file
- that maintains session starting date and time, and the total elapsed
- time since the last reset.
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- TIMIT requires that filnam.BIN be present for starting and stopping the
- timer. If it is erased, it will be recreated when the timer is reset
- ( TIMIT 3 filnam ).
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- TIMIT is not TSR, therefore any potential interferences are eliminated.
- TIMIT gets it's time information from DOS. If the DOS date/time is
- incorrect, the date/time recorded by TIMIT will also be incorrect.
- However, assuming that you don't change the DOS date/time between
- starting and stopping TIMIT, the indicated elapsed times will be correct.
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- TIMIT was written in Microsoft C, and optimized for execution speed.
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- Disclaimer:
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- No warranty of any kind is offered with this program. The author of
- the program assumes no liability for any damages, consequential or
- otherwise, that may arise from the use of this program.
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- Payment:
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- TIMIT is a shareware software product, and is not free. If you find
- it useful, please send a payment of $10.00 and your name and address to
- the program author. Your payment will support the shareware concept.
- Registered users will receive the source code, if requested, and updates
- at no cost. Comments and suggestions for improvement are welcome.
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- Revision History:
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- Rev 0.0 4/30/90
- Initial Release as PCP_TIM.EXE
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- Rev 1.0 5/9/90
- Released as TIMIT.EXE. Added capability for multiple time log creation
- and maintenance.
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