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Article #11569Re: more "little things"
From: Larry Hutchinson
Date: Mon, 09 Apr 1990 20:14
Date: Mon, 09 Apr 1990 20:14
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Concerning the time of day clock in computers.. In article <1990Apr9.183810.13456@uokmax.uucp> rob@uokmax.uucp (Bolo) writes: >Our other machines are about the same. We just go around and set them >periodically. Anybody know what the problem is? There are several problems: 1. The temperature in a computer tends to fluctuate much more than the temp of a watch. 2. The electrical noise environment in a computer is rather severe. 3. The power supply voltage to the chip _may_ be different depending on whether the computer is on or off. Larry Hutchinson, Tektronix, Inc. PO Box 500, MS 50-383, Beaverton, OR 97077 CSNet: larryh@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!zephyr.ens.tek.com!tekcrl!tekgvs!larryh From: larryh@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Larry Hutchinson) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: more "little things" Keywords: grumbling followup Message-ID: <7277@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM> Date: 9 Apr 90 20:14:14 GMT References: <Apr.7.21.48.55.1990.17439@topaz.rutgers.edu> <1990Apr9.183810.13456@uokmax.uucp> Reply-To: larryh@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Larry Hutchinson) Organization: Tektronix, Inc., Beaverton, OR. Lines: 17