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Some people have wanted to know how to read the //gs clock from
BASIC. The only "correct" way to read the //gs clock is by using one
of two //gs tools. They are both in the Miscellaneous Tool set (#3) and
are functions number 13 and 15. ReadTimeHex and ReadASCIITime
respectively. The following is a short BASIC program that pokes a
machine language program into memory. The machine language program is
used to call ReadASCIITime. The ASCII time is stored at address
00/0200 which is the text buffer (safe for temporary use) in the format
selected from the control panel. The time has been moved to 00/0200
the BASIC program must more it byte by byte into a variable (T$). The
machine language program is completely relocatable, if you don't have
page 3 free.