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Article #18Re: why does our clock lose time?
From: Earl Wallace
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 1985 03:42
Date: Fri, 18 Jan 1985 03:42
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> Our 3220 loses time steadily, at more than a minute a week.
> PE service replaced the clock board, but that didn't help.
> Anybody know why? Could it be something to do with interrupts
> on the system getting in the way of the clock, or something
> along those lines?
>
The parameter "PIC" in the /usr/sys/conf/param.s file might be the major cause
of the slowness. Set it to the opposite state and see if that helps (I can't
remember if the 0 or 1 setting causes the problem...). If PIC is set to 1, it
adds extra code in the *.s modules which could be eating up more interrupt
time than necessary. Of course, setting to 1 might *help* the clock too!
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Earl Wallace
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