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US Time

Version 1.1 · Roel Sarceno

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Description

The HP Palmtop Paper UsTime will automatically update your computer time based on the US Naval Observatory up to a single second. It is much like PC_Time in that it uses your modem to call the USN observatory to get the exact time. Shareware.

Technical details

File
ustime11.zip
Size
50.7 KB
Format
.zip
Year
1993
Added to S.U.P.E.R.
1998-12-20
Files inside
7
Author
Roel Sarceno
Path
anonftp/pub/ustime11.zip

How to install it

What to send to the palmtop saves 29.3 KB

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

  • USTIME.EXE → A:\SOFT programa de DOS 39.9 KB
  • USTIME.CFG → A:\_DAT configuración 2.0 KB

No need to put USTIME.DOC, REGISTER.FRM, SHARWARE.LST, DESC.SDI, FILE_ID.DIZ: they are manuals, source code or supporting material. Read them here and save 29.3 KB on a 1 MB disk.

Steps
  1. Copy USTIME.EXE 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.
  2. Copy USTIME.CFG to A:\_DAT, where the 200LX looks for configuration. Open it with Memo and adjust it before use.
  3. If you edit a configuration file on the palmtop, make sure you leave a newline at the end: some programs swallow the last line without saying a word.

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.

The author's instructions 
INSTALLATION
    1. Backup your computer system

Literal excerpt from USTIME.DOC, exactly as it came in the package.

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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