[Coco] SmartWatch

[Arthur Flexser]

In Ext. ADOS-3, the RTC does several things.  The most important one
is that files have a date and time attached in the directory.  Also,
LLIST printouts have a date heading.  And there is a function DATE$
that can be called from Basic so that Basic programs can know the date
and time and print it out where desired.

Even without the RTC, Ext. ADOS-3 supports all this, except that only
the date, not the time, is available and must be entered at power-up.

Art

On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 4:01 PM, Brett Gordon <beretta42 at gmail.com> wrote:
> What does a RTC do for ADOS?
>
> brett
> On Nov 29, 2016 3:26 PM, "Arthur Flexser" <flexser at fiu.edu> wrote:
>
>> Ron, it is possible that some versions of Extended ADOS-3 that can be
>> found online might contain the SmartWatch driver.  (It was an option;
>> some Ext. ADOS-3 disks contained it if it was ordered at the same time
>> as Ext. ADOS 3.)  So you might want to look at the individual files in
>> versions of Ext. ADOS-3 found online and see if the driver is there.
>>
>> Art
>>
>> On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 3:00 PM, Ron Klein <ron at kdomain.org> wrote:
>> > Hi Art,
>> >
>> > Drivewire is the virtual disk operating system that uses a PC host to
>> share
>> > files and access to the clock.  The Coco thinks it's talking to real
>> > hardware, so this may be a hit or miss type of thing.  I plan to test it,
>> > but need to find those clock drivers.  A quick check on the Coco Archive
>> > did not turn up anything.  I'll have to check RTSI when I get home.  Not
>> > sure where else I might be able to get them, unless someone else on this
>> > list has them and would be willing to share.
>> >
>> > Thanks!
>> >
>> > -Ron
>> >
>> >
>> > On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 1:32 PM, Arthur Flexser <flexser at fiu.edu> wrote:
>> >
>> >> I don't know what sort of real-time clock comes with Drivewire.  If it
>> >> is some version of the SmartWatch, then no problem.   Even if
>> >> DriveWire contains a different real-time clock, it should work okay if
>> >> you put a SmartWatch under its EPROM, provided there's physical room
>> >> for the piggyback.  The SmartWatch would also work in a Rompak in a
>> >> multipak slot.  You could cannibalize a game rompack for the purpose
>> >> if it had a 28-pin ROM in it.
>> >>
>> >> As to where you'd get the Ext. ADOS-3 SmartWatch driver, I'm not sure.
>> >> Have you checked whether it's in the list database?  The filename is
>> >> CLOCKSW.BIN, and it should be accompanied by a Basic utility,
>> >> SETSW.BAS (or maybe SWSET.BAS) for setting the clock.
>> >>
>> >> Art
>> >>
>> >> On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 11:56 AM, Ron Klein <ron at kdomain.org> wrote:
>> >> > I wonder if the real time clock feature of Drivewire is compatible
>> with
>> >> the
>> >> > DS1216 or whatever was used in the Disto controllers?  If so, it
>> would be
>> >> > interesting to see if Extended ADOS3 can access it, though I believe
>> the
>> >> > ADOS documentation mentioned a driver was required and not sure where
>> to
>> >> > get the driver if it is compatible.
>> >> >
>> >> > Art, if you are out there, any idea?
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks!
>> >> >
>> >> > -Ron
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >> > On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 10:18 AM, Rogelio Perea <os9dude at gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> On Tue, Nov 29, 2016, Ron Klein wrote:
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Hello,
>> >> >> >
>> >> >> > Does anyone know if a SmartWatch (Radio Shack part # 25-1033)
>> >> >> > equivalent/compatible offering is available by any other vendor?
>> >> >> >
>> >> >>
>> >> >> That was basically the Dallas Semiconductor DS1216 in a 28 pin ROM IC
>> >> >> socket/adapter. I bought one decades ago on clearance at Radio Shack,
>> >> >> installed it in my FD-502 controller and despite its battery life
>> >> claimed
>> >> >> to last 10 years, it's now into the second decade of the 21st century
>> >> and
>> >> >> shows no signs of slowing down.
>> >> >>
>> >> >> Last year I bought a couple of DS1216 offerings on Ebay, same thing
>> as
>> >> the
>> >> >> RS part. :-)
>> >> >>
>> >> >>
>> >> >> -- RP
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