Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!swrinde!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!wuarchive!udel!haven!mimsy!mojo!russotto From: russotto@eng.umd.edu (Matthew T. Russotto) Newsgroups: comp.sys.mac Subject: Re: more "little things" Keywords: grumbling followup Message-ID: <1990Apr9.215437.8344@eng.umd.edu> Date: 9 Apr 90 21:54:37 GMT References: <1990Apr9.183810.13456@uokmax.uucp> <7277@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM> Sender: news@eng.umd.edu (The News System) Organization: Maryversity of Uniland, College Park Lines: 17 In article <7277@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM> larryh@tekgvs.LABS.TEK.COM (Larry Hutchinson) writes: >Concerning the time of day clock in computers.. > >There are several problems: > 1. The temperature in a computer tends to fluctuate much more > than the temp of a watch. > 2. The electrical noise environment in a computer is rather > severe. Which brings up an interesting experiment--- has anyone taped a watch to the inside of the computer (say, under the drive housing in a II) and seen how far it went off? -- Matthew T. Russotto russotto@eng.umd.edu russotto@wam.umd.edu It will get on all your disks, It will infiltrate your chips, It will stick to you like glue, it will modify ROM too, Send in, Elk Cloner