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Article #8171Re: PCAT Real-time Clock Problem
From: silber
Date: Mon, 06 Oct 1986 13:27
Date: Mon, 06 Oct 1986 13:27
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In article <843@isrnix.UUCP> mr@isrnix.UUCP (mr) writes:
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>now this pc has _never_ kept its own time (or anything else important for
>that matter :-) and i'd like to ask what is its purpose? do they ALL not
>work? what does the diagnostics setup have to do with it?
The PC-AT has a battery which keeps enough power around so that the clock
settings and the set-up information does not get lost. When that battery
starts to die you start getting time and set-up errors.
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Jeffrey A. Silber silber@devvax.tn.cornell.edu
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Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!seismo!husc6!panda!genrad!decvax!tektronix!uw-beaver!cornell!batcomputer!silber From: silber@batcomputer.UUCP Newsgroups: net.micro.pc Subject: Re: PCAT Real-time Clock Problem Message-ID: <1171@batcomputer.TN.CORNELL.EDU> Date: Mon, 6-Oct-86 09:27:25 EDT Article-I.D.: batcompu.1171 Posted: Mon Oct 6 09:27:25 1986 Date-Received: Tue, 7-Oct-86 23:35:54 EDT References: <372@briar.UUCP> <424@unc.unc.UUCP> <843@isrnix.UUCP> Reply-To: silber@batcomputer.UUCP (Jeffrey Silber) Organization: Theory Center, Cornell University, Ithaca NY Lines: 21