5 TIME$="23:59:49":DATE$="06-22-83" ' Date verified by Read Gilgen 10 WHILE NOT TIME.OUT 20 IF TIME$>"00:00:05.00" AND TIME$<"00:01:00.00" THEN TIME.OUT=-1 30 OPEN "b:clock.chk" FOR APPEND AS #2 40 FOR LOOP = 1 TO 10 50 A$=A$ + " ***" + STR$(LOOP) 60 NEXT 70 PRINT #2,A$ 75 A$="" 80 CLOSE #2 85 PRINT TIME$,DATE$ 90 WEND 100 END