October 4, 1984

Subject: TIME stamping program for KAYPRO 4'84


  Recently I released a program designed for the KAYPRO 4'84 computer
which displayed the date and time in the lower right corner of the screen,
in the non-scrolled 25th line.  This newest release (all of 4 days after the
first), adds several features requested by beta test reviewers (they are
NEVER satisfied).  Listed below are the new features:

	1. Before relocation, the program checks for the presence of the
	   clock.  If the clock is not found where it should be, the
	   program aborts with a message.
	2. When the progam is invoked, it will request from the user a
	   'trap character'.  This character is used during normal use
	   following the installation of the parasitic to insert the
	   currently displayed date and time into whatever program or
	   file is being operated upon.  The date and time appears to the
	   system to be coming from the keyboard when ever the user
	   chosen trap character is pressed.  It is recommended that the
	   user select a rarely used control code for this function.
	   To remind the user of his selected trap character, the display
	   on the screen shows the character preceding the date/time string.

   Again, a warning.  This program is a parasitic, attaching itself to the
CP/M and protecting itself from destruction by other programs.  It is not
compatible with other parasitics such as UNIFORM, MFDISK, and EX.
Be careful!

Thomas Hill
Alaska Micro Systems
701 W. 41st, Suite 101
Anchorage, AK.   99503
(907) 562-3900