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In article <34a0f46b.1775030@news.demon.co.uk>, Jim Moyes
<jim@moyes.demon.co.uk> writes
>On Tue, 23 Dec 1997 18:18:18 GMT, dbolt@my-ste.demon.co.uk (David Bolt) wrote:
>
>>On 22 Dec 1997 11:35:31, Jim Moyes wrote:
>>> Hi All
>>> 
>>> The clock in my Atari ST has stopped. 
>>> I assume, like my Pc that it is run off a battery but what size/number etc is
>>> it before I open the case? >> Any info about replacing the battery would be 
>welcome :-)
>>
>>AFAIK the STs don't have a battery backed clock on board although the Mega
>>ST/STEs do. What are the symptoms of it's failure?
>>
>>Regards,
>>      David              E-Mail :- dbolt@my-ste.demon.co.uk
>I had not used my Atari for a couple of years, had to move to Pc for outside
>reasons but now when I start it up the clock is never set as it was when
>switched off.  Does the clock normally need to be reset at start-up, it is such
>a long time since I used it I can't remember? :>) 
>
Do you have an external SCSI drive? You may find that the real-time
clock is on the SCSI adapter board, usually as device 6. When you start
up, the adapter software sets the Atari internal clock from it. There
should be a utility to set the real-time clock with your SCSI driver
software.
-- 
Alan Price
http://www.postern.demon.co.uk