scott@mks.com (Scott Nicol) (01/09/91)
I recently aquired a computer which has one of those new-fangled (well, relatively) battery-backed clocks on a single chip (actually, a chip embedded in a ROM chip socket). Unfortunately, I can't find the software used for setting and restoring the time and date. The chip in question has only "SMT" stamped on it. Could anybody help me out by pointing me to software that will work with this chip, the company's address, or even just the (memory) address where the time and date is stored? -- - Scott Nicol Email: scott@mks.com -or- ...!uunet!watmath!mks!scott SlowMail: 39 Waterloo St., Kitchener, Ont., Canada, N2H 3T8. Phone: (519) 741-1110
schuster@panix.uucp (Michael Schuster) (01/10/91)
In article <1991Jan8.215304.6785@mks.com> scott@mks.com (Scott Nicol) writes: > > I recently aquired a computer which has one of those new-fangled >(well, relatively) battery-backed clocks on a single chip (actually, >a chip embedded in a ROM chip socket). Unfortunately, I can't find >the software used for setting and restoring the time and date. It's the Dallas Semiconductor DS1216E Smartwatch. Radio Shack sells it under the name SmartWatch, and furnishes MS-DOS software to set and read it. I once knew how this worked, but suffice it to say it's not just "read" like a regular ROM. You need the software. -- l\ /l ' _ Mike Schuster ...!cmcl2!panix!schuster l \/ l l l/ (_ NY Public Access CIS:70346,1745 l l l l\ (_ UNIX Systems MCI Mail,GEnie:MSCHUSTER
koziarz@halibut.nosc.mil (Walter A. Koziarz) (01/10/91)
In article <1991Jan9.162654.13606@panix.uucp> schuster@panix.uucp (Michael Schuster) writes: > It's the Dallas Semiconductor DS1216E Smartwatch. Radio Shack sells it >under the name SmartWatch, and furnishes MS-DOS software to set and >read it. > I once knew how this worked, but suffice it to say it's not just "read" >like a regular ROM. You need the software. > Well, sort of like that..... Actually (Zenith Data Systems) versions of MS-DOS 3.xx (and higher?) read the 'SmartWatch' by themselves at boot time, you only need the software to set it. Walt K. << Happy SmartWatch user/owner >>