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From: dbk@teroach.phx.mcd.mot.com (Dave Kinzer)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Weird clock problem
Keywords: Clock Broken Help Please
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Date: 25 Jul 89 04:16:47 GMT
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   I am having a strange problem with my Amiga's run time clock.

Configuration:
    A2000(B) Rev 4.2
    K/S 1.3
    A2090a W/ ST506 type drive
    A2052

Problem:
   1) Set the system clock with a 'setclock load'
   2) Using the 'date' command time marches forward (at apparently the
      correct rate)
   3) 65 seconds later, the time resets to the time of the setclock command.
   4) Repeat 2 and 3 and 4.

Tried:
   Rebooting
   Turning system off and restarting
   Original WB 1.3 disk

   Is this weird, or what?  It seems to be a software related thing since
time marches on correctly.  The real-time clock keeps time correctly, that
is, the time is correct at the setclock load.  I have my 1.2 ROM I could 
swap in if it seems like a thing to try, I just thought I'd see if anyone
out there had seen this before since swapping the rom requires a major
stripdown of the machine.




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