Re: LZ: A watch?
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On Wed, 23 Oct 1996 20:42:03 EDT jwenger@juno.com (Jason C. Wenger)
writes:
>>>Yeah, I've already done it in TI-BASIC, and my version is accurate.
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>>>I'm trying to move it to ZShell so I can display the current time as
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>>>it runs. TI-BASIC is too slow to do that.
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>>Your version is accurate? How'd you compensate for battery power?
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>I have the calc count as fast as it can, and check for keypresses.
>when a key is pressed, it gets the current counter value, and
>multiplies it by a number stored in the variable tC (timer
>Correction), and displays the result. Whenever you think it might be
>off, you run the timer for a certain amount of time (say 30 secs.) and
>then you run a calibration program. You type in the actual time it
>ran, and the formula T/(clock ticks) tells you the proper value of tC.
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>If anyone wants it, I'll post the TI-BASIC version, but, like I said,
>I'm working on a ZShell version that'll be MUCH better.
>
>Jason "Thursday" Wenger
>jwenger@juno.com
>Illegitimi no carborundum
I think I'll just wait on the ZShell version! ;-)
Clever programming though. . .
-|/|/esley McGrew
wesleymcgrew@juno.com
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