WHAT'S THE TIME MR SPECTRUM? by Charles Samson Although the Spectrum's a wonderful computer and everything, it does have one major problem. It doesn't display a little clock in the top right-hand corner of the screen. So, while you're bashing away at the keyboard, you've got absolutely no idea what time it is and can very easily miss your tea or favourite television program. But luckily Charles Samson has the answer. Despite recently having his computer stolen he's managed to come up with a rather impressive program which does indeed display a clock in the top right-hand corner of your screen. What's more it'll stay there through thick and thin, whether you're typing in another program or running one, so you've got absolutely no excuse for missing anything ever again. Getting the program working, as you can probably imagine, is a case of typing in the Basic listing and saving it with SAVE "CLOCK" LINE 5, followed by the hex section which is entered via the Hex Loader. Reloading the program and running it will show you a list of instructions, but that's about it. To get the clock working do the following ... POKE 48601,seconds POKE 48602,minutes POKE 48603,hours LET R=USR 48573 The words 'seconds', 'minutes' and 'hours' should obviously be replaced by those corresponding to the current time. The clock will then appear and should keep perfect time (unless you LOAD or SAVE or do something dumb like switching off the Spectrum). To get rid of it, press Symbol Shift and Space together.