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DateKey

Version 1.00 · Hiroyuki Sekiya

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Description

DateKey is a TSR program to enable usage of the [DATE] and [TIME] keys in DOS. Originally part of the software collection sold with the "HP200LX Software Bible" co-authored by Hiroyuki Sekiya and Hirotaka Hamada, published by Softbank, Tokyo, in April 1996 (ISBN4-89052-911-X). Now released as copyrighted freeware.

Technical details

File
datekey.zip
Size
14.3 KB
Format
.zip
Year
1998
Added to S.U.P.E.R.
1998-09-06
Files inside
12
Author
Hiroyuki Sekiya
Path
anonftp/pub/datekey.zip

How to install it

What to send to the palmtop saves 15.9 KB

These are the files you need. You can send them from the package contents below.

  • DDMMYY12.COM → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 1.2 KB
  • DDMMYY24.COM → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 1.2 KB
  • MMDDYY12.COM → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 1.2 KB
  • MMDDYY24.COM → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 1.2 KB
  • YYMMDD12.COM → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 1.2 KB
  • YYMMDD24.COM → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 1.2 KB

No need to put DATEKEY.TXT, MAKEFILE, DATEKEY.ASM, TSR.INC, TSR0.OBJ, DATEKEY.JPN: they are manuals, source code or supporting material. Read them here and save 15.9 KB on a 1 MB disk.

Steps
  1. Copy DDMMYY12.COM, DDMMYY24.COM, MMDDYY12.COM, MMDDYY24.COM to A:\SOFT. They are DOS programs: run them from the DOS icon, or add A:\SOFT to the PATH in C:\AUTOEXEC.BAT to call them by name.

Derived from the package contents and the 200LX conventions. It installs to A: on purpose: C: is a RAM disk and every byte there is memory taken from the system.

Send to my palmtop

The palmtop must be waiting before you press the button, or the transfer will fail. It is the palmtop that announces it is ready, not the other way round.

First time? How to connect the palmtop, step by step →

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