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Vclock22

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Description

TIMEBALL.ICN - This is an alternate icon for VClock. In 1833 a time-ball was erected atop the Greenwich Observatory, visible to ships in the nearby Thames. The ball was hoisted to the top of the tower and dropped at precisely one o'clock PM each day. This was the forerunner of today's time signal radio stations, and a pioneer Visible Clock. To use this as the icon for VClock, rename it to vclock.icn and store it in the same directory as vclock.exm.

Description extracted automatically from the documentation inside the package: this entry was not in the original catalogue.

Technical details

File
vclock22.zip
Size
24.0 KB
Format
.zip
Year
1998
Files inside
6
Path
anonftp/pub/vclock22.zip

How to install it

What to send to the palmtop saves 19.8 KB

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

  • VCLOCK.EXM → A:\SOFT aplicación del System Manager 29.9 KB
  • VCLOCK.ICN → A:\SOFT icono, junto a su aplicación 200 B
  • VCLOCK.CFG → A:\_DAT configuración 1.5 KB
  • TIMEBALL.ICN → A:\SOFT icono, junto a su aplicación 200 B

No need to put TIMEBALL.TXT, VCLOCK.TXT: they are manuals, source code or supporting material. Read them here and save 19.8 KB on a 1 MB disk.

Steps
  1. Copy VCLOCK.EXM to A:\SOFT. It is a System Manager application: register it in App Manager with F2 (Add), giving the full path (for example A:\SOFT\VCLOCK.EXM).
  2. The 200LX takes 8 EXM applications at most. Check with F8 (List) in App Manager: an asterisk in the Status column means the quota is full and you will need MoreEXM.
  3. Copy VCLOCK.CFG to A:\_DAT, where the 200LX looks for configuration. Open it with Memo and adjust it before use.
  4. 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.
  5. The .ICN files are icons: they go in the same folder as their application.

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 Japanese
---  Installing VClock  ---

---  Step 1: Load the files  ---

Copy the following files to your HP 200 (They must both be
copied to the same subdirectory):

                        vclock.exm
                        vclock.icn

Copy the following file to your HP 200, into the C:\_DAT
subdirectory:
                        vclock.cfg

This file is optional, and only needed if you want to define
custom chime sounds.

---  Step 2: Define VClock to Application Manager  ---

Open Application Manager by pressing the [&...] key. Press F2
(Add), and enter the following values:

    Name:     Visible Clock
    Path:     (drive):\(subdirectory)\vclock.exm
    Comments:

In the Path field, (drive) and (subdirectory) should be replaced
with the drive letter (a or c) and the subdirectory to which you
copied the VClock files.

Now tab to the Icon field, and the VClock icon should appear.
If it does not, press the down-arrow key until you see the
VClock icon.

Press F10 (OK).

Now press the key-combination you want to use as the hot-key for
VClock (I use Alt+APPT; if you want to use something else, the
dialog which is displayed at this point shows you what your
options are).

---  Step 3: Start VClock  ---

Back at the Application Manager screen, highlight the VClock
icon and press Enter. To end VClock, press MENU, Q.


---  Using VClock  ---

To start VClock once it has been installed, hold down the ALT
key and press the APPT key (or whatever key you made the hot-key
during the installation process). To quit VClock, press MENU,
[Q]uit. VClock uses the same basic user interface as the built
in applications, so you should find operation of VClock to be
straight-forward. The documentation which follows explains the
operations and features unique to VClock.

---  Function Selection  ---

…

Literal excerpt from VCLOCK.TXT, 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.

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