#TimeSaver
7 messages in this thread
Bill,
I tried what Greg suggested and it, indeed, works perfectly! I have
delayed as much as 10 sec. before inserting the WB disk with no problem at all.
If you do wait too long a warm reset solves the problem! I am delighted with
the product and all the features it offers. I think the company should be
commended!
Chris
Chris,
What is TimeSaver?
Christopher J. Tolmie
Chris,
TimeSaver is a bat-backedup clock that attaches between the keyboard
and the computer. Because it is in line with the keyboard its output is
interpreted by the Amiga as keyboard input. The device includes the ability to
have macros stored which you can execute when you wish or which can be executed
automatically upon startup or reset as if it were part of Startup-Sequence. It
permits password locking of the keyboard and gives you much better editing of
CLI commands by using a history buffer that you can recall at will(e.g. if you
misspell a name you can retrieve the line and change the error and reexecute it
without haveing to delete it all or retype it all.) It includes some programmed
macros and you can program others as you desire. It doesn't seem to interfere
with any software that I have, but if it does it can be disabled temporarily.
Best of all this clock does NOT require you to put any files onto your disk or
modify the disks in any way at all! I like it a lot and highly recommend it
over the other ones that I have seen.
Chris A.
Chris,
Humm…password locking of the keyboard? Interesting concept except I
have 2 questions…If I warm start the computer does the password hold, and
what prevents me from unplugging T/S to "unlock" the keyboard (with computer
turned off of course)?
Don
Don,
The password survives a cold/warm start and you can unplug the
TimeSaver to disable it. The idea is, that with the T/S in place under the
Amiga you wouldn't know it is there, so you wouldn't just unplug it. This is of
course of no use to prevent a serious hacker in getting into your computer, but
it might keep the kids from playing with the Amiga.
J0RGEN
Chris,
Software should have some control of the hardware and the point is that
with Timesaver it does not. If you were here when Cltd announced the
Timesaver they said that there whould be some interaction from the main box
to the keyboard, so you could save your macros on disk and then re-load
them. Well that does not happen, and that is why problems exist. It would
have been much better to respond to commands from the main box. Time
accuracy does not even exist. You may get it now or 60 sec from now, and
all still depends on how fast you put your disk in. Look around and see
what a real macro program should do to a multitasking system and you will
see that Tsaver pales by comparison. If they can establish a link between
the two and have some nice software that runs ON the Amiga, then I will
reconsider my decision for selling my Tsaver. Till then, conman, Zink keys
and my insider are for me.
Bill,
I may be dumb, but I haven't got the faintest Idea of what you are
talking about with the "responding to the box" stuff etc… I just think that
TimeSaver offers a lot for a so-called "CLOCK" product. Maybe it isn't the
ultimate macro product… I don't think it is intended to be. I have found
several uses for the product already esespecially when using CLI. You must
admit that it does a lot more than ATIME and is a lot easier to use than
putting a new file onto every disk that you want to read the time…that's
about 50 disks for my collection conservatively. Enough about TSaver…..and
onto more interesting topics…Enjoy!
Chris A.