840445m@aucs.UUCP (Mic Mac) (03/19/89)
I am having some problems with my Amiga 1000 computer. Time does not pass for the darn thing. What I mean is this, when I run any sort of clock program, time does not pass. This is not a buggy program since I have run them on a friend's machine and they work fine. I figure maybe a chip is loose or blown. Can anyone recommend anything besides taking to a dealer to have it fixed. I can do simple repairs myself if I just know what to do. -- % Alan W. McKay % % % Acadia University % " The world needs more Socrates' % % Wolfville N.S. % walking the streets today " % % CANADA % - S. Corbett %
richarr@nikola.cs.orst.edu (Robert Steven Richardson) (03/21/89)
In article <1683@aucs.UUCP> 840445m@aucs.UUCP (Mic Mac) writes: >I am having some problems with my Amiga 1000 computer. Time does not pass >for the darn thing. What I mean is this, when I run any sort of clock >program, time does not pass. This is not a buggy program since I have run >them on a friend's machine and they work fine. I figure maybe a chip is >loose or blown. Can anyone recommend anything besides taking to a dealer >to have it fixed. I can do simple repairs myself if I just know what to do. > >-- >% Alan W. McKay % % >% Acadia University % " The world needs more Socrates' % >% Wolfville N.S. % walking the streets today " % >% CANADA % - S. Corbett % I have the exact same problem with my just-out-of-warranty B2000. Its over 100 miles to my dealer. The service tech told me he was sure he could find it for me in a week, and fix it for no labor charge. Nice, but I can't sacrifice a week without my machine. This stuck clock causes a couple of programs that depend on the system clock to appear to lock up while waiting for events to pass that never happen. The BATTERY-BACKED-CLOCK WORKS FINE, but the system clock used by programs like "Clock" on the workbench disk just sticks wherever you last used the DATE command. (Or SetClock Opt Load) If someone over at Commodore could tell me what chip the clock resides on, I could pop it and replace it myself. Thanks for ANY help. ==================================================================== Bob Richardson | "An Apple a Day? Call the Doctor!" richarr@nikola.cs.orst.edu | - David Letterman 220 NW 21st | "Thank you for your recent appli- Corvallis, OR 97330 | cation for a STUDENT Citibank VISA 503-758-5018 | account. We regret we are unable ------------------------------ to approve your request because of the following: (1) Insufficient References (2) You are a student" ===================================================================
rokicki@polya.Stanford.EDU (Tomas G. Rokicki) (03/22/89)
> I am having some problems with my Amiga 1000 computer. Time does not pass > for the darn thing. Coming soon to a theatre near you---`The Amiga That Time Forgot!' Watch as dozens of users are born, use the computer, and die, but the Amiga stays healthy as ever, gronking lustily to disk after disk! Be astounded! Be amazed! > What I mean is this, when I run any sort of clock > program, time does not pass. Oh, I see. Sorry about the above. This sounds like a watch Batman found at one point---click it on, and *time* *stops*! Have you considered using this to alleviate Apple of those troublesome 68030's? Yeah, let's get a bunch of Amiga people together, run that clock program on that magic Amiga, and we'll all go steal all the processors out of all the Macintoshes the world over. -tom "sorry, but I couldn't resist"
franks@ritcsh.UUCP (Francis Shea) (03/23/89)
In article <1683@aucs.UUCP> 840445m@aucs.UUCP (Mic Mac) writes: > What I mean is this, when I run any sort of clock >program, time does not pass. Thats funny, my clock works fine, i think, i've never tried it...... i get by just fine with a watch. who cares about save times anyway????? frank shea -- ***************************************************************************** Frank Shea Computer Science House Rochester Institute of Technology
farrier@Apple.COM (Cary Farrier) (03/25/89)
In article <2319@ritcsh.UUCP> franks@ritcsh.UUCP (Francis Shea) writes: >who cares about save times anyway????? > >frank shea It is nice for the time to be accurate if you are developing under a shell which will conditionally compile program segements if the mod date is later than the last compile date. It is also nice if you have a BBS, etc, etc. -- ------------------------------------------------------------------ This message does in no way reflect the views or opinions of any organization. In fact, they illustrate just how disorganized things really are. ------------------------------------------------------------------
840445m@aucs.UUCP (Mic Mac) (03/26/89)
In article <2319@ritcsh.UUCP> franks@ritcsh.UUCP (Francis Shea) writes: >In article <1683@aucs.UUCP> 840445m@aucs.UUCP (Mic Mac) writes: >> What I mean is this, when I run any sort of clock >>program, time does not pass. > >Thats funny, my clock works fine, i think, i've never tried it...... >i get by just fine with a watch. >who cares about save times anyway????? > >frank shea > No. No. No. Listen and you shall here. Maybe I was ambiguous when I first stated my problem so I'll try again: On a 'normal' Amiga (e.g. the way mine was a few months ago), when you run the clock program, you can watch the seconds tick away, one second will elapse on the computer clock for each second of real time. On a f**ked up Amiga (e.g. the way mine is now), you run the clock program and you watch one second tick by on the computer ... oh ... about every two or three hours or so of real time. Note that I do not mean a battery backed clock or anything like that. I just mean the clock inside that ticks a second every second. Please, this is not a flame to anyone who misunderstood me ... maybe I was unclear in what I meant. Now, if anyone can offer any assistance, I would be very grateful. Oh, BTW, I did enjoy reading the person's reply to this message concerning stopping time and swiping all the -020's and -030's from the Macs. It was quite humorous. -- % Alan W. McKay % % % Acadia University % " The world needs more Socrates' % % Wolfville N.S. % walking the streets today " % % CANADA % - S. Corbett %
cmcmanis%pepper@Sun.COM (Chuck McManis) (03/28/89)
In article <1699@aucs.UUCP> 840445m@aucs.UUCP (Mic Mac) writes: >Now, if anyone can offer any assistance, I would be very grateful. Your 8520 is broken. Have it replaced and your computer will be able to keep time again. (Note that there are two 8520s in the Amiga). --Chuck McManis uucp: {anywhere}!sun!cmcmanis BIX: cmcmanis ARPAnet: cmcmanis@sun.com These opinions are my own and no one elses, but you knew that didn't you. "A most excellent barbarian ... Ghengis Kahn!"
usenet@cps3xx.UUCP (Usenet file owner) (03/28/89)
In article <96104@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> cmcmanis@sun.UUCP (Chuck McManis) writes: >Your 8520 is broken. Have it replaced and your computer will be able >to keep time again. (Note that there are two 8520s in the Amiga). Can this be the cause of a slllooooowww clock too? A friend of mine has a timesaver + CLTD SCSI controller and his clock takes about 2-3 real seconds to tick off an Amiga second The timesaver seems to work normally, and sets the time correctly at boot up In Real Life: Joe Porkka porkka@frith.egr.msu jap@syssun.cl.msu.edu (35.8.1.1) Life is just a game, so relax and be happy.
pmf@mimsy.UUCP (Paul M. Franceus) (03/28/89)
*that's an EASY problem. Just replace one of your 8520 chips. Try switching
them and see if you don't get different problems. Like not being able to
double click. I believe you need to replace the one that is NOT connected to
the parallel port. I would really recommend just replaceing both of them.
You should be able to get the chips from any Commodore repair place as they
are C= custom parts.
Hope this helps-
Paul
Starlight technologies - home of hard drive systems for ALL Amigasphil@titan.rice.edu (William LeFebvre) (03/29/89)
In article <2319@ritcsh.UUCP> franks@ritcsh.UUCP (Francis Shea) writes: >i get by just fine with a watch. >who cares about save times anyway????? "make" William LeFebvre Department of Computer Science Rice University <phil@Rice.edu>
840445m@aucs.UUCP (Mic Mac) (03/30/89)
In article <2289@cps3xx.UUCP> porkka@frith.UUCP (Joseph A Porkka) writes: >In article <96104@sun.Eng.Sun.COM> cmcmanis@sun.UUCP (Chuck McManis) writes: >>Your 8520 is broken. Have it replaced and your computer will be able >>to keep time again. (Note that there are two 8520s in the Amiga). > >Can this be the cause of a slllooooowww clock too? >A friend of mine has a timesaver + CLTD SCSI controller I am the original poster of this message. This reply got me thinking. I too had been using a TimeSaver. Could there be any connection? -- % Alan W. McKay % % % Acadia University % " The world needs more Socrates' % % Wolfville N.S. % walking the streets today " % % CANADA % - S. Corbett %
edwin@hcr.UUCP (Edwin Hoogerbeets) (03/31/89)
In article <2319@ritcsh.UUCP> franks@ritcsh.UUCP (Francis Shea) writes: >who cares about save times anyway????? I don't, but the "make" program does. And maybe some news and mail readers or posting programs out there. Until we get incremental compilers on the Amiga, make is extremely useful. Edwin