These disks contains the program, SWREAD.BIN, which is intended for the coco3 emulation. Use as follows:
LOADM"SWREAD"
EXEC
or
RUN"SWREAD"

Nothing will happen with the first but the program and a new string function will be installed. To get the date and time just use the new string, DATE$. DATE$ can be used just as any other string can be used. For example:
PRINT DATE$
The second, will install the program and will print the date and time. The program can't be LISTed until run as Basic will error out with an unknown token.

Be sure to configure MESS for the correct RTC.

This program works with v145u7 but not v145u8.



The relevant code should be mainly in mess\machine\coco_fdc.c and coco_fdc.h. There will also be some code in mess\driver\coco3.c.


One minor point, since the RTC is typically installed in the fcd controller, any Coco that can use a disk controller should be able to use an RTC with proper programming. Depending on the RTC used, it could be installed in a pak in any MPI slot. However, MESS seemed to restrict the RTC to coco3 and coco3h emulation.