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Originally Posted by Elsi
Hello James. Welcome! It appears that your reader requirements are similar to mine. I hadn't thought about having an alarm clock in the reader, but it's a great idea. I get "lost" in a story and lose track of time, so having an alarm that would go off and get my attention -- maybe even blanking the current screen -- when I have an appointment or other time-sensitive activity (preparing supper for the family?) that I need to take care of.
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I did not actually mention "alarm" in the clock as this would involve
[A] Additional complication (which may well be a good idea and acceptable), and
[B] Keeping the Cybook at a higher power level (my proposal was that the time display only updated on page turns).
However, now I think about it, an actual alarm (blank or flash display - sound from sound port) would be very useful and the power overhead would probably be acceptable. (Time resolution of one minute means that the low power clock only needs to do something sixty times an hour, which is not very power hungry.) The critical issue is whether the processor actually contains a real-time clock already - adding one
would be expensive.
James - the punctuality challenged