Some people have wanted to know how to read the //gs clock from BASIC. The only "correct" way to read the //gs clock is by using one of two //gs tools. They are both in the Miscellaneous Tool set (#3) and are functions number 13 and 15. ReadTimeHex and ReadASCIITime respectively. The following is a short BASIC program that pokes a machine language program into memory. The machine language program is used to call ReadASCIITime. The ASCII time is stored at address 00/0200 which is the text buffer (safe for temporary use) in the format selected from the control panel. The time has been moved to 00/0200 the BASIC program must more it byte by byte into a variable (T$). The machine language program is completely relocatable, if you don't have page 3 free.