gooey@helix.nih.gov (Sean Graham) (11/27/90)
A friend has an AT&T PC6300 with no Clock/Calendar in it. He'd like to add one but is afraid of incompatibilities between the AT&T Bus and generic cards. If anyone knows of a card that will work with the AT&T I'd appreciate it if you'd let me know the manufacturer. Thanks... Sean -- || Sean N. Graham BIX: sean.graham || || National Institutes of Health gooey@helix.nih.gov || || "This is a test of the Emergency Broadcasting System. This is just a || || test. In the event of a real emergency you would most likely be dead." ||
wkb@cbnews.att.com (Wm. Keith Brummett) (11/28/90)
In article <667@nih-csl.nih.gov>, gooey@helix.nih.gov (Sean Graham) writes: > > A friend has an AT&T PC6300 with no Clock/Calendar in it. > He'd like to add one but is afraid of incompatibilities between the > AT&T Bus and generic cards. If anyone knows of a card that will work > with the AT&T I'd appreciate it if you'd let me know the manufacturer. Sean, To the best of my knowledge, all AT&T PC6300's have a clock/calendar on the motherboard. Perhaps your friend's machine needs a new battery? (Is the machine an old "standard" PC6300, or a newer 6300 WGS? I don't think it matters, but I'm not as familiar with the newer WGS series.) -- Keith -- | W. Keith Brummett (614) 860-3187 AT&T, Room 3B-202 | | att!cblph!wkb 6200 East Broad St. | | or, wkb@cblph.ATT.COM Columbus, OH 43213-1550 | `----------------------------------------------------------------------'
zech@leadsv.UUCP (Bill Zech) (11/29/90)
In article <1990Nov28.025350.1018@cbnews.att.com> wkb@cbnews.att.com (Wm. Keith Brummett) writes: > > In article <667@nih-csl.nih.gov>, gooey@helix.nih.gov (Sean Graham) > writes: > > > > A friend has an AT&T PC6300 with no Clock/Calendar in it. > > He'd like to add one but is afraid of incompatibilities between the > > AT&T Bus and generic cards. If anyone knows of a card that will work > > with the AT&T I'd appreciate it if you'd let me know the manufacturer. > > Sean, > > To the best of my knowledge, all AT&T PC6300's have a clock/calendar on > the motherboard. Perhaps your friend's machine needs a new battery? > (Is the machine an old "standard" PC6300, or a newer 6300 WGS? I don't > think it matters, but I'm not as familiar with the newer WGS series.) > > -- Keith > True, all PC6300's (8086 machines) had a built-in clock/calendar chip. It is powered by a NiCad battery soldered into the system board. Eventually the battery loses its ability to hold a charge and the clock won't keep accurate time. Also note that unless you are running AT&T MS-DOS, as opposed to IBM or stock Msoft, the system will not be aware of your clock. You can write a program to set the clock chip, and to read it at boot time and set the system clock from it. I have a program to read the chip and set the system time if you need it. - Bill Zech CIS: 73547.1034@compuserve.com
JXS118@psuvm.psu.edu (Jeff Siegel) (11/29/90)
In article <1990Nov28.025350.1018@cbnews.att.com>, wkb@cbnews.att.com (Wm. Keith Brummett) says: > > In article <667@nih-csl.nih.gov>, gooey@helix.nih.gov (Sean Graham) > writes: > > > > A friend has an AT&T PC6300 with no Clock/Calendar in it. > > He'd like to add one ... > Sean, > > To the best of my knowledge, all AT&T PC6300's have a clock/calendar on > the motherboard. Perhaps your friend's machine needs a new battery? All the original PC6300's and the 6300 Plus have built in clock/calendars. The clock/calendar only works right, however, if you are using the ATT version of MS-DOS designed specifically for that machine. Generic MS-DOS versions don't know how to read/set the clock chip. Jeff