

              TSR program to enable the usage of
                [DATE]/[TIME] key within DOS
                    DateKey Version 1.00
              Copyright (C) 1995 Hiroyuki Sekiya


[1] What is DateKey

  On the System Manager of the 100/200LX, you can easily enter
  the current date or time with [DATE] ([Fn]+[,]) key or
  [TIME] ([Fn]+[.]) key.  Unfortunately, this convenient
  function does not work on DOS.  DateKey is a terminate-and-
  stay-resident (TSR) program to enable the usage of the [DATE]
  and [TIME] keys on DOS.


[2] Hardware/Software requirement

  This program should work on any versions of the HP100/200LX.
  It does not work on a normal PC/AT compatible, due to the
  lack of [DATE]/[TIME] keys.


[3] The types of executables

  Executables of DateKey has the following 6 types, with varied
  date/time formats. You can chose your favorite.

    yymmdd24.com     year-month-day  hour:minute:second
    yymmdd12.com     year-month-day  hour:minute:second am/pm
    mmddyy24.com     month-day-year  hour:minute:second
    mmddyy12.com     month-day-year  hour:minute:second am/pm
    ddmmyy24.com     day-month-year  hour:minute:second
    ddmmyy12.com     day-month-year  hour:minute:second am/pm


[4] Usage
  Add the executable you have selected in autoexec.bat.

    Example of autoexec.bat
    -------------------------------------------------------
    @echo off
    prompt $p$g
    path c:\;d:\;d:\bin;d:\dos
    c:
    assign e:=a:
    d:\bin\cic100 /gen 1
    call d:\bin\llras
    yymmdd24                        <== Add here
    path a:\jkit;%path%
    sm
    -------------------------------------------------------

  Run the program with '-r' option, to remove it from the
  memory, for example:
      yymmdd24 -r
  '-r' is the only option of this program.


[5] Copyright, disclaimer and distribution policy

  This program is a copyrighted freeware.  Its copyright is
  owned by its author, Hiroyuki Sekiya.  You can freely copy
  and use it for your non-commercial and private use.

  Prior permission from the author is necessary, if you want to
  post it on other information services, web sites, FTP sites,
  or similar locations, or to include it in electronic storage
  media.  Please contact the author by e-mail in such cases.

  The author is in no way responsible for any damages, which
  may be caused by using, or by inability to use, this
  software.


[6] History of this software

  This software was originally developed as one of the 9 new
  programs bundled with the book "HP200LX Software Bible",
  co-authored by Hiroyuki Sekiya and Hirotaka Hamada, published
  by Softbank, Tokyo, in April 1996 (ISBN4-89052-911-X).  As
  such, the programs should not be distributed on networks nor
  regarded as freeware.  In short, you needed to buy the book
  to use them.

  Fortunately the book received an enthusiastic acceptance
  within the HP200LX user community in Japan and it reached an
  out-of-print status two years after its publication, in 1998.
  Now that the book is no more available easily, the author of
  these programs decided to release them as copyrighted
  freeware.


[7] Contact address of the author

  The author of this program, Hiroyuki Sekiya, can be contacted
  at the following addresses.

  E-Mail:
    hiroyuki.sekiya@nifty.ne.jp
    JBD00432@nifty.ne.jp
    SDI00992@nifty.ne.jp
  WWW:
    http://member.nifty.ne.jp/~sekiya/


                                                Hiroyuki Sekiya



                                Translated from the Japanese by
                                Toshiki Sasabe
                                toshiki@j.email.ne.jp

    Note from the translator:
    This document is a translation of the original Japanese
    document datekey.txt (included in this package as
    datekey.jpn).

