24 Jul
2001
24 Jul
'01
11:06 a.m.
On Tue, 24 Jul 2001, Ethan Dicks wrote:
I realize that was meant tongue-in-cheek, but since it
does not appear
to attempt to set the day of the week on its own, it might fail on the
transition (not sure if it would rollover correctly, although it
should), but it could probably still be used after.
I still want one, as I'm sure several others here do, too.
I bet with as much work as you described in setting up an infrared
communications network to beam the time signal to machines around the
room (cool idea BTW :) one could take an old Hayes 300/1200/2400 modem,
dump the EPROM, hack the code to replace various AT commands with the
Chronograph AT command set, add a clock/calendar chip to the board
somewhere, and roll your own Chronograph. You'd still have to add the
digital readout on the front, or maybe you can turn the status lights into
a binary clock output?
In the very least, it would make one killer exhibit for the VCF to show
what someone can do in their copious free time to reconstruct computing's
past :)
Sellam Ismail Vintage Computer Festival
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