BBS: Inland Empire Archive Date: 01-12-93 (06:09) Number: 393 From: HYLTON PEIMER Refer#: NONE To: ALL Recvd: NO Subj: Analogue Clock Conf: (2) Quik_Bas
'Here is a simple analogue clock which will start beeping before the
'hour and will play music on the hour. Hope someone finds it useful.
'-------------clock.bas---------------
CLS
Active% = 1
Start% = 3
DO
IF Start% THEN
FOR g% = 1 TO 25
LOCATE g%, 1
PRINT STRING$(80, "²");
NEXT g%
Start% = Start% - 1
END IF
S$ = MID$(TIME$, 7, 2)
M$ = MID$(TIME$, 4, 2)
H$ = MID$(TIME$, 1, 2)
RealHour% = VAL(H$)
Minute% = VAL(M$)
Second% = VAL(S$)
IF RealHour% > 12 THEN
LET Hour% = RealHour% - 12
ELSE
Hour% = RealHour%
END IF
SCREEN 9, , Visible%, Active%
VIEW SCREEN (160, 60)-(480, 290)
CLS 1
COLOR 9, 15
CIRCLE (320, 175), 150
PAINT (320, 175)
LOCATE 6, 40: PRINT "12"
LOCATE 19, 36: PRINT " AUSTRALIA ";
COLOR 14
TempAngle% = 360 - (30 * Hour% + Minute% / 2)
Angle$ = LTRIM$(STR$(TempAngle%))
DRAW "C15TA" + Angle$ + "NU55"
DRAW "C15TA" + Angle$ + "ND8"
Angle$ = LTRIM$(STR$(360 - (6 * Minute%)))
DRAW "C15TA" + Angle$ + "NU90"
DRAW "C15TA" + Angle$ + "ND8"
Angle$ = LTRIM$(STR$(360 - (6 * Second%)))
DRAW "C4TA" + Angle$ + "NU100"
DRAW "C4TA" + Angle$ + "ND10"
LOCATE 24, 6: PRINT " Hours: "; RealHour%;
LOCATE 24, 32: PRINT " Minutes: "; Minute%;
LOCATE 24, 62: PRINT " Seconds: "; Second%;
SWAP Visible%, Active%
IF (Minute% = 59) AND (Second% > 40) AND (Second% MOD 2) > 0 THEN
IF Second% <> OldSecond% THEN
PLAY "MB b "
OldSecond% = Second%
END IF
END IF
IF Second% = 0 AND Minute% = 0 AND Used% THEN
HourChime$ = "o3 L8 E D+ E D+ E o2 B o3 D C L2 o2 A"
PLAY "MB X" + VARPTR$(HourChime$)
Used% = 0
END IF
IF Minute% <> 0 THEN LET Used% = 1
LOOP UNTIL LEN(INKEY$)
SHELL "cls"
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