STOPWATCH - A CP/M-86 Elapsed Time Counter Program, Version 0.1 Copyright 1994 by Kirk Lawrence. All rights reserved. Permission is hereby granted for personal use of STOPWATCH by individuals on their home computers at no charge. Use of STOPWATCH in commercial, industrial and governmental environments is prohibited (not that there's much chance of THAT ever happening!). STOPWATCH is a very easy-to-use elapsed time counter, patterned after the ever-popular timepiece of the same name. It'll count up the seconds, minutes and hours as they tick by. STOPWATCH is NOT extremely accurate, but it's fun to play with. STOPWATCH is universally video-compatible...color or monochrome. TO RUN THE PROGRAM: At the prompt, type STOPWACH ...then press the ENTER key. When the program has loaded, you'll see the counter display in a small "box" in the center of the screen. To begin timing, press the SPACE BAR. To stop timing, press the SPACE BAR again. You may resume the count by once again pressing the SPACE BAR. When the "clock" is running, the SPACE BAR is the only key which has any effect. However, when the "clock" is stopped, you may reset the counter to zero by pressing the "R" key, or exit STOPWATCH by pressing the ESC key. These functions are printed on the screen, so you don't have to remember them. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= WARNING: STOPWATCH must NOT be used for CRITICAL timing functions...it's not accurate enough for that! Think of STOPWATCH more as a "toy" than a serious chronographical instrument. =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= STOPWATCH uses the CPU's "timer tick" as the basis of its timing function, and will therefore run equally well on any class of IBM-compatible computer using the CP/M-86 operating system. Unfortunately, the computer issues approximately 18.26 "timer ticks" a second, and STOPWATCH increments a second after 18.00 "timer ticks." That's why the program's timing is not totally accurate. You'll find that STOPWATCH "gains" about one second every minute...or a little less than one minute every hour. With that caveat, enjoy the program, and have fun! STOPWATCH will count as high as 30 hours (a strictly arbitrary number). How- ever, since few people would ever have the need to let the program actually run that long, STOPWATCH will stop "counting" and exit to CP/M-86 when its "counter" reaches 30 hours. COPYRIGHT NOTICE: The compiled program STOPWACH.CMD, the source code from which the program was compiled, and this file STOPWACH.DOC are copyright 1994 by Kirk Lawrence. All rights reserved. The source code is proprie- tary, and is not publicly released. DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY: STOPWACH.CMD is offered strictly "as is." The author makes absolutely no warrantees of any kind whatsoever regarding this program and its accompanying documentation; including, but not limited to, implied warrantees of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. If you choose to use STOPWACH.CMD, you do so strictly and entirely at your own risk and peril. DISCLAIMER OF LIABILITY: Under no circumstances shall the author be liable to you or to any third party for losses or damages of any kind, type or descrip- tion whatsoever, including but not limited to pecuniary losses, and including but not limited to incidental and/or consequential damages, arising from the use of, or inability to use, STOPWACH.CMD. AGREEMENT TO TERMS AND CONDITIONS: By using the program STOPWACH.CMD, you thereby agree to the following terms and conditions: All disputes shall be adjudicated under the Laws of, and in the Courts of, the State and County of residence of the author. In no case shall awarded damages exceed the amount originally paid for the use of the program (the program requires no fee, and may be used free of charge). If any part of this agreement, the Disclaimer of Liability, or the Disclaimer of Warranty is subsequently found to be not valid by a court of proper jurisdiction, all other terms and conditions contained in these documents shall remain in effect. By using STOPWACH.CMD, you thereby agree to hold the author harmless from any and all consequences that result from such use. Your use of STOPWACH.CMD shall be deemed prima facie evidence under law that you have read these terms and conditions, understand them, and agree to be bound by them.