Digital -vs- Analog clocks

[jjamesge1]

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@Gene_M

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Multiple times I have seen people ask me or another person how to set their own Chronos, but I cannot recall that happening with any other digital clock (Excaliber, Saitek which I also own). I take those requests for help as evidence that the Chronos deserves low marks for ease of use, and that it suffers from an higher than average learning curve.
With other digital clock brands, I have seen it take people several minutes to read the underside IDs stickered on the clock. But they figure it out quickly enough, on their own.

I have. Frequently. Especially with the Saitek. That’s why I make it a policy not to set digital clocks for the players. If you don’t know how to set it, get a BHB. (Though I did have one player come up to me with an analog clock, saying he’d never used one before and didn’t know how to set it.)

Whats a BHB?

[rfeditor]

@jjamesge1

@rfeditor

@Gene_M

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Multiple times I have seen people ask me or another person how to set their own Chronos, but I cannot recall that happening with any other digital clock (Excaliber, Saitek which I also own). I take those requests for help as evidence that the Chronos deserves low marks for ease of use, and that it suffers from an higher than average learning curve.
With other digital clock brands, I have seen it take people several minutes to read the underside IDs stickered on the clock. But they figure it out quickly enough, on their own.

I have. Frequently. Especially with the Saitek. That’s why I make it a policy not to set digital clocks for the players. If you don’t know how to set it, get a BHB. (Though I did have one player come up to me with an analog clock, saying he’d never used one before and didn’t know how to set it.)

Whats a BHB?

It’s what used to be known as a “clock.” You know, hands, mainspring, winding.

[Smythe_Dakota]

@jjamesge1

… Whats a BHB?

What’s a rotary phone?

Bill Smythe

[LaughingVulcan]

@Smythe Dakota

@jjamesge1

… Whats a BHB?

What’s a rotary phone?

Bill Smythe

Obviously, it is a special phone for the use of Rotarians.

Just like any game that is over 60 moves is clearly Long Play, and thus the notation of that game is an, “LP Record.”

But I do wish I had a BHB, or even better yet an Insa Deluxe. Even though I’ve had a Chronos for a long time.

… Off to check the Retroencabulator, now, since I only recently upgraded from the Turboencabulator.

:mrgreen: