Jinx,

Good stuff - this is a keeper!  :-)

On Fri, 29 Sep 2006 14:58:11 +1200, Jinx wrote:

> > I'm interested in trying this, can you give me more detailed  
> > information about how to approach the problem?
> 
> There are several parts
> 
> Timebase
> Timekeeping
> Alarms
> Interface
> 
> Timebase is the "tick" of your calendar. This can be from an
> external source, such as mains cycles, oscillator or IC.

Or, if you're in an area of the World where it exists, from a radio time signal using a receiver.  Or using a wall-clock that uses it, and picking off the 
PPS ticks.  I suppose you could call this using second-hand clock ticks :-)))

Cheers,


Howard Winter
St.Albans, England


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