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AMN@vms.brighton.ac.uk(Anthony Naggs) writes:

   >student, <vpcsc11@sfsuvax1.sfsu.edu> asks:
   >In the office where I work, we recently purchased a 286 clone..  
   >Over the past few weeks, the computer's internal clock has been losing
   > days.  [...]
   >
   > Has anyone heard of a virus that would produce these symptoms?  If
   > not, does anyone have any other ideas about how to fix the problem?

AN>
AN>I don't remember any viruses like that, the only time I've seen
AN>anything similar was on a 'true blue' IBM AT which needed a new
AN>battery for the clock.  If you bought this new then contact your
AN>supplier saying you have a clock problem, if it's previously been 
AN>used then just replace the battery.

I know that a lot of AT class (286) clones had this problem - it was 
really prevalent if a machine was left on all the time.  Sometimes it 
would miss a midnight rollover. If memory serves me correctly, it was a 
problem in the BIOS.

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