Re: LZ: zshell questions...
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On Sat, 03 Aug 1996 21:35:02 +0700 "Eric P. Anderson" <crusader@mo.net>
writes:
>>would it be possible to write a program that would slow down the
>z80's
>>clock(which runs at 11mhz) to what ever speed so i could make a clock
>>that would tell the time?
>
>No, the z80 in the 85 runs at 6mhz. There is no regulated clock on
>the 85
>so an accurate clock is impossible. Programs have been attempted for
>this
>but are never accurate due to the variance in speed as related to
>remaining
>battery life.
Is that necessarily true? Isn't the link port's speed somewhat
regulated?
I was able to write a program on the 82 a few years ago in TI BASIC. The
82 BASIC has a send variable feature which I used in the second delay.
Granted, it's no atomic clock, but it was only off by about a second
every nine minutes. Could something like this not also be implemented
in ZSHELL? Do we have another cause for "82 envy"? Or am I simply a
fool?
Corey Roussel
man-in-the-moon@juno.com
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