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From: mdinn@ac.dal.ca
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: My A2000 clock just died!!!
Message-ID: <797@ac.dal.ca>
Date: 8 Oct 89 16:45:19 GMT
References: <18101@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU>
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Organisation: Dalhousie University, Halifax, Nova Scotia, Canada

In article <18101@pasteur.Berkeley.EDU>, cna@cory.Berkeley.EDU (Na Choon Piaw) writes:
> ARRRGGGGGHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!
> 
> When I boot up, it sez:
> 
> Battery Backed clock not found
> 
> SetClock does the same thing...  I've only had my A2000 fer 3 months, and
> this happens!  (Right in the middle of a demo a friend of mine, too --- he's
> a convert, however.  { Never stood a chance. ;-) } )
> 
> Anyway, any help would be welcome, be it hardware or software (though I am
> laothed to take Amy apart and look into her innards...)
> 
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> Na Choon Piaw			P.O Box, 4067, Berkeley, CA 94704-0067
> cna@cory.berkeley.edu		Disclaimer: I'm speaking only for myself!
> piaw@ocf.berkeley.edu		"Still on honeymoon with his Amiga...."
> -------------------------------------------------------------------------
 
I have a utility that will reset "stuck" A500 and A2000 clocks, if anyone wants
it. Apparently something in the clock gets set to a value that makes SETCLOCK
think that the clock doesn't exist anymore. Don't ask why, just remember that
CBM did it first. :-)
 
 Michael Dinn
 MDINN@DALAC