vc-01 / pfwallcl

Digital Clock for Atari Portfolio

Wallpaper Clock for Atari Portfolio

This program shows a clock with optional animation.

Note: Specific Portfolio's BIOS calls are being used by the program, it won't run on PC BIOS compatible system.

Installation

The program size is 33KiB. It can run from the RAM disk only without need for external memory card. Format the drive to at least "40":

c>fdisk 40

Transfer the program and execute it:

c>pfwallcl

Tested with BIOS version 1.052. Try with "untested" if you have different version:

c>pfwallcl untested

Keyboard shortcuts

Key	Action
a	Toggle animation
1 - 9	Set power-off delay override in hours
0	Reset power-off delay override
f	Fast timer tick toggle
Space	Rearrange windows
o	Power off now

INI File

Automatic power on / off time(s) can be specified via optional .INI file created in the same directory as the program and named PFWALLCL.INI.

[Timer]
TriggerPowerOnAt=8:20
TriggerPowerOffAt=22:35
;PowerOffDelayKbhit=2:00

Available options are namely power on time (TriggerPowerOnAt), power off time (TriggerPowerOffAt) and/or power off delay on keyboard hit (PowerOffDelayKbhit) applied during the "off" period.

See PFWALLCL.INI example.

Source code compilation

The source code compiles with Borland C++ Version 3.1 (1992). To compile it, add Borland's installation directory to PATH and to makefile PFWALLCL.MAK. Then type:

make -fpfwallcl.mak

Font used in program

Noto (Noto Fonts)
_{Copyright 2018 The Noto Project Authors (github.com/googlei18n/noto-fonts)
Fonts license: LICENSE.noto-fonts}