KRSEAR01@ULKYVX.BITNET (Kendall 'Opusii' Sears) (03/29/89)
Ok folks here's an easy one (I hope). I have a problem with the battery backed internal clock in my A500. When the 500 is on the clock keeps perfect time, but when the 500 is off the clock stops. At first I figgered that the battery was ded, but when I reboot the clock still holds the last time that it had when I powered down. The board it is on is a CMI board. Also, the battery in the bugger looks to soldered in place. Does anyone know of a SAFE way to replace the battery if needed? Any help would be appreciated. Thanks Kendall Kendall "Opusii" Sears KRSEAR01@ULKYVX.bitnet ...!psuvax!ulkyvx.bitnet!KRSEAR01 (UUCP) K.Sears (GEnie) --------------------------------------------------- "VIC's LIVE... Really. I just used one..."
jms@antares.UUCP (Joe Smith) (03/30/89)
In article <8903291457.AA06725@jade.berkeley.edu> KRSEAR01@ULKYVX.BITNET (Kendall 'Opusii' Sears) writes: >When the 500 is on the clock keeps perfect time, but when the 500 is >off the clock stops. At first I figgered that the battery was dead, but >when I reboot the clock still holds the last time that it had when >powered down. The board it is on is a CMI board. When AmigaDOS boots up, it gets the date/time from the most recently modified file on the boot disk. Since the .info file and the directory creation date are always being updated, the time will be set to the time when you powered down. Therefore you cannot assume that the battery is not dead in your case. -- Joe Smith (408)922-6220 | jms@antares.Tymnet.COM or jms@opus.Tymnet.COM McDonnell Douglas FSCO | UUCP: ...!{ames,pyramid}!oliveb!tymix!antares!jms PO Box 49019, MS-D21 | PDP-10:JMS@F74.Tymnet.COM CA license plate:"POPJ P," San Jose, CA 95161-9019 | narrator.device: "I didn't say that, my Amiga did!"
vkr@osupyr.mast.ohio-state.edu (Vidhyanath K. Rao) (03/31/89)
In article <430@antares.UUCP> jms@antares.UUCP (Joe Smith) writes: >When AmigaDOS boots up, it gets the date/time from the most recently modified >file on the boot disk. Since the .info file and the directory creation date >are always being updated, the time will be set to the time when you powered >down. Therefore you cannot assume that the battery is not dead in your case. Yes. But, there must be a program that reads the real time clock and sets up the DOS internals. In the case of the CBM supplied clock for 500, the program is called `setclock'. My startup-sequence contains a line setclock >NIL: opt load Barring a few occassions, I have not had any trouble. (knock on wood :-) having the right date and time set up when the boot-up process ends. -- It is the man, not the method, that Nath solves the problem. vkr@osupyr.mast.ohio-state.edu -Poincare. (614)-366-9341