atc@max.bnl.gov (Andrew Como) (08/15/89)
Hello world! Thanks for all the replies to my timeclock question. A few people pointed me to the Dallas Semi conductor clock/socket chip and said it was running on their Atari ST. I was given some software to run the clock that was written by some now-defunct software house in Calif (the name escapes me). The software doesn't seem to work with the clock inserted in any of the ST's rom positions. I figure I'll write my own driver for the thing however it states the clock uses address line A0 as part of the handshake. According to my ATARI ST INTERNALS book by Abacus the 68000 in the ST can't access A0! Has anyone sucessfully written software to run the clock chip on the 1040 ST? Also the Dallas Semi chip is rather bulky in the 1040 ST ..basically I'm gonna have to cut the power supply housing to make it fit. Does anyone know of a cartridge timeclock?