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Effect
This is a timer that is incremented by 1 on each time VDP completes screen draw. Depending of screen refresh rate this happens either 50 or 60 times a second.
This special integer value stored in "JIFFY" (0FC9Eh) can be read or write like a normal integer.
Syntax
TIME
Examples
5 ' European machine 10 CLS 20 LOCATE 10,6 30 PRINT "HH:MM:SS START" 40 TIME=0 50 T=TIME 60 H=INT(T/180000) 70 T=T-(H*180000) 80 M=INT(T/3000) 90 T=T-(M*3000) 100 S=INT(T/50) 110 LOCATE 10,8 120 PRINT USING "##:##:##";H;M;S 130 GOTO 50
5 ' Japanese machine 10 CLS 20 LOCATE 10,6 30 PRINT "HH:MM:SS START" 40 TIME=0 50 T=TIME 60 H=INT(T/216000) 70 T=T-(H*216000) 80 M=INT(T/3600) 90 T=T-(M*3600) 100 S=INT(T/60) 110 LOCATE 10,8 120 PRINT USING "##:##:##";H;M;S 130 GOTO 50
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Compatibility
MSX-BASIC 1.0 or higher