Beat/2 readme (English)

Beat/2
Swatch Beat, Internet Time Indicator

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Readme - Japanese edition

Beat/2

What is this new Universal Time?

Timed by Swatch

Internet Time represents a completely new global concept of time. So what is the deal? Basically, the Swatch Beat, the revolutionary new unit of time means the following:

No Time Zones
No Geographical Borders

How long is a Swatch beat? In short we have divided up the virtual and real day into 1000 "beats". One Swatch beat is the equivalent of 1 minute 26.4 seconds.
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(from Swatch Internet Time Homepage)

More about Swatch Beat, go to...

Swatch Site - Watches - Swiss - Swatch AG

This OS/2 application requires Watcom VX-REXX runtime module (VROBJ.DLL).
You can get a copy from...

Download VROBJ.DLL 2.1d (vrobj21d.zip)

Install

Unzip the archived file into any unique local directory.
Run INSTALL.CMD by either OS/2 full screen or OS/2 session.
The Beat/2 program object will automatically be created in Startup Folder.

Usage

Time Zone
Interval
Only Beat
Always on Top
Auto Font Size
Keep Window Size Ratio
Copy Beat to Clipboard

Working Conditions

OS/2 Warp V4

Distribution

Please ask a written consent of the author before distributing this software in any manner. You may not modify Beat/2 in any way nor may you reverse assemble, reverse compile, or otherwise translate or reverse engineer its executable codes or datas.

License Agreement

Beat/2, its executable and documentation, is the copyrighted property of Pretty Pop Software. It is licensed, not given, for your personal use.

Warranty...

This program is AS IS CONDITION and the writer should not have any responsibilities but hold the copyright. Testing and bug reports are welcomed.

Reports

Email:

Ken Kinoshita <prettypop@sakura.email.ne.jp>

Pretty Pop Software Home Page

PrettyPop.net

History

Version 1.00

This is first version.

Version 1.01 (24.Jul.1999)

Fixed startup problem.

Version 2.00 (13.Aug.1999)

Added `Color Customize' function.
Added `Sizeable Window' function.
Added `Auto Font Size' function.
Added `Copy Beat Time' function.

Version 2.01 (21.Aug.1999)

Fixed the inconveniences occures when system shutdown.
Other minor parts were modified.

Version 2.02 (28.Aug.1999)

Fixed startup problem.

Version 2.03 (28.Mar.2016)

Fixed TZ parsing problem (CET-1CEST, CET-1C, -1C, not a number).
Documentation update, changed dead link to required DLL.
PACKVXRX used to reduce size of BEAT.EXE.