[Coco] Watch-NitrOS-9 Cheap Clock.zip (Watch (Stephen Fischer) (OS-9).zip)

[Robert Gault]

I see the problem. I assumed that the program read the time from "hardware". Instead the program 
seems to read the time from watch.inf.
watch.inf in the archive is 13 03 12 12 2f 00 and that gives Mar 18.
After resetting the clock to the 19th the .inf reads 13 03 13 12 2f 00 .

Robert

Stephen Fischer wrote:
> Did you press Enter and then enter date -t to check?
>
> Change the date using the up and down arrows?
>
> Use an emulator that messes up. (I only use VCC 1.42)
>
> Dump "watch.inf" or look at it using ded, what are the values.
>
> I just checked again using "nos96809l2v030300coco3_80d.dsk", the original version offered with VCC.
> I don't think any changes were made to NitrOS-9 since that would affect the clock setting.
>
> The watch.inf file needs to be in the root /DD, /D0, /H0...
>
> I think that it is not created if missing. I used it for thirty years on every boot disk I created
> since getting it. My OS-9 boots of course display the year incorrectly. Until Watch.inf is updated
> by pressing enter is is not rewritten with the new date time.
>
> $13 $03 $12 $12 $2f ("20" 19, 03, 18, 47) The "20" is not in the watch.inf file. As days
> pass the release watch.inf file will become more out of sync with real date and time.
>
> SHF
>
> On 3/19/2019 4:20 PM, Robert Gault wrote:
>> There does seem to be a problem with the code on this disk. I tested it with MAME/MESS and VCC
>> today, the 19th. The program said it was the 18th while the time on the Windows disk was correctly
>> the 19th.
>>
>> Robert
>>
>> Stephen Fischer wrote:
>>> http://www.colorcomputerarchive.com/coco/Disks/Utilities/Watch%20((OL)%20A_Nani_Mouse)%20(OS-9).zip
>>>
>>> Is the new name in the color computer archive.
>>>
>>> YMMV as the Facebook "Tandy Color Computer OS-9 / NITROS-9" File Name is:
>>>
>>> "Watch-NitrOS-9_Cheap_Clock.dsk"
>>>
>>> Who knows what the NitrOS-9 EOU name will be.
>>>
>>> SHF
>>>
>>> On 3/19/2019 12:08 PM, Stephen Fischer wrote:
>>
>