
GoTimer for Palm PDA
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GoTimer version 0.20


A game clock written for the Palm PDA running PalmOS for the wonderful
game of Go. Also known as Igo, Weiqi and Baduk.

It has support for canadian and japanese byo-yomi, and has
configurable warning beeps.

The software is freeware, you may freely redistribute the archive. It
is distributed "AS IS", use at own risk.


Usage
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The players look at a rotated Palm PDA and the game clock is displayed
in the half of the screen closest to them.  They use button 1
(player 1) and button 4 (player 2) to stop their respective
clocks. Your time is displayed in a larger font size and your
opponents above in a smaller size. A black square indicates who is the
active player (the active player will press his button next).

The player which starts the game presses his button twice in the start
of the game. Once to start his clock and a second time to stop his
clock / start the opponent's clock.

It's possible to set different time for the two players. Japanese,
canadian and no byo-yomi are possible byo-yomi selections. You may
turn of warning sounds or configure when they should beep.

It's possible to pause the game by pressing the page up or page down
button. Press one of those two buttons again to continue playing. Note
that a pause will in japanese byo-yomi reset the current period. The
reason for this is that one should not have to loose a period after
returning from a break and not remembering what move to make. However,
in canadian byo-yomi the game clock will just be stopped.

If somebody loses on time a dialog pops up and indicates that the game
is over. You may then press the ok button or press page up/down to
close the dialog and continue playing. The player that lost on time
will receive an extra period in japanese byo-yomi and a extra period
with the configured set of moves in canadian. In the case of no
byo-yomi, the base time for each player will be restored.

The software has been tested on a Palm IIIxe with PalmOS 4.0. 


Distribution
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The software is freeware, you may freely redistribute the archive. It
is distributed "AS IS", use at own risk.


Installation
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Unpack the archive and install the "gotimer.prc" file via the Palm
Desktop software.


Known bugs/limitations
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I'm not sure if the software works with PalmOS versions prior to
version 4.0. Have not been able to test this. 

Please report other bugs to me. 




The software has been developed by Fredrik Sundstrm. Send questions
and suggestions to me, email me at frocke at ludd.luth.se
