Magnum One/Magnum One (Mid-American Digital) (Disc Manufacturing).iso/d8/tlxtmset.arc/TIMESET.DOC

Text File | 1990-12-12 | 5.5 KB | 142 lines

Modified:    12 Dec 1990
    John Grothman   (via Channel 1 BBS at [phone])
                    (via LANS BBS      at [phone])
                    (via Exis BBS      at [phone])

    Modified the 12 Oct 1990 file to support 4DOS.  PC-DOS (and I assume
    MS-DOS as well) will accept a date string in either of two forms:
    12-12-90  or  12-12-1990.  The original version of TIMESET used the
    second form; 4DOS will only accept the first form (at least as of
    4DOS version 3.02a, which is the latest as of today).  I modified the
    final line that calculates the integer date to subtract 1900 from the
    result before converting the year to a string.  This works 'plenty good',
    but will work only for the next 9 years, not the next 140.  Small price
    to pay, I figured.  Enjoy.


Modified: 10 - 12 - 1990
    Paul Gardner 408-297-9660

    I wish to thank the original author of this script file.

    I took the liberty of modifing the UTC capture routine as
    the original did not reliably capture and hangup on my clone.

    Added variables turn off the alarm sound at connect time.
    Added calendar date set.

    I may be one second off in the clock set. If so I will
    correct it next go around.

    I also included two batch files and two .com files in the zip
    You may have to modify the batch files to match your hard
    disk setup. The Blue.com sets the screen background blue
    on ega and vga screens.

    The com.files and rolex.scr should be installed in your root
    directry and a path command set to the root.

USAGE:
    The Rolex is available with EGA and VGA screens and
    is executed by typeing rolex

    The DOS time is set by executing either the bat file
    timeset on none ega-vga computers or setrolex if ega-vga.

    On AT type computers the cmos clock is also corrected
    this may not be true on all clones so you may have to
    continue research on yours

    You must also edit the time zone setting in the .slt file
    and recompile with cs if you are not in PDT.


Standard Time Differences
  for Various World Cities Relative to Greenwich, England

Note: These differences are based on standard time for all cities listed.

    Tokyo       9 hours     (Do not precede positive numbers with
    Hong Kong   8 hours         a plus sign during configuration.)
    Beijing     8 hours
    Jakarta     8 hours
    Bombay    5.5 hours
    Karachi     5 hours
    Moscow      3 hours
    Nairobi     3 hours
    Riyadh      3 hours
    Cairo       2 hours
    Johannesburg    2 hours
    Rome        1 hours
    Paris       1 hours
  --->    GREENWICH 0 hours   <---   (0 degrees longitude)
    Dakar       0 hours
    Reykjavic   0 hours
    Caracas    -4 hours     (Use the minus sign during configuration.)
    New York   -5 hours
    Chicago    -6 hours
    Mexico City    -6 hours
    Denver     -7 hours
    San Francisco  -8 hours
    Anchorage  -9 hours
    Honolulu  -10 hours

Oringinal Author:   Unknown
Original Notes:
    FILES:
    This archive should contain three files:  Timeset.doc (this
    file), TIMESET.SLT (the source), and TIMESET.SLC (the
    compiled version).

    DESCRIPTION:
    TIMESET is a script file written for TELIX v3.0 and is used
    to set your DOS clock to the precise time from the Naval
    Observatory in Washington DC.

    WHY?
    I wrote this script to replace a much larger program that I
    had been using.  Who needs to keep a program larger than 100k
    on the hard drive when a script less than 1k will do the job
    just as well?

    USAGE:
    Using this script is simple.  Place TIMESET.SLC into the
    directory that you keep your scripts in.  After bringing up
    TELIX, hit alt-g.  When asked which script you want to run,
    type TIMESET <enter>.  TIMESET will call the Naval
    Observatory, get the precise time, and set your DOS clock to
    it.  Then TIMESET will display the current time with a real
    time clock on the screen.  This will let you gather up all of
    the clocks in your house so you can set them.  When you are
    done, just hit the space bar to exit.

    DISCLAIMERS:
    I wrote TIMESET primarily for my own use.  It probably has at
    least a couple of examples of not-so-good programing
    practices in it, but it works fine for me.

    Note that the code is fairly well commented.  Specifically,
    if you use TIMESET in a different time zone than mine, you
    should be able to find the line where I adjusted from
    Universal Time to my local time and make the proper
    adjustments to suit you.  Also, this will become important
    when it is time to make the transition to and from daylight
    savings time.  Hmmm.  Is it spring forward, fall back.  Or is
    it fall forward, spring back.  I dunno.  I can never
    remember.  Anyway, it would have been a fairly easy job to
    put something in the script to handle this, but I didn't.

    Also note that you may find it necessary to put another line
    in the script that will transfer the DOS time to the memory
    of your built-in clock.  Setting your DOS time does not
    necessarily mean that the time also goes into your hardware
    clock.

    I will not be liable for any damages or claims related in any
    way to the use of this script.  I make no warranties and
    specifically disclaim any implied warranties of this product.
    Also, I make no claims of suitability of this product for any
    purpose other than to take up space on your disk.