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From: chris@mimsy.umd.edu (Chris Torek)
Newsgroups: comp.arch
Subject: time of year clocks (was 64 bit clocks)
Message-ID: <26199@mimsy.umd.edu>
Date: 25 Aug 90 04:58:57 GMT
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In article <26196@bellcore.bellcore.com> mo@messy.bellcore.com
(Michael O'Dell) writes:
>There was also a real-time clock chip which was used primarily
>to remember the time when the machine was turned off. (Is seems
>obvious that a million-dollar computer would be expected to provide
>at least the functionality of a $10 digital watch, but people
>took some serious convincing of that...)

I am constantly amazed at the machines that do *not* have these things.
If I have to pay more than a few thousand dollars for computer equipment,
I really am not going to mind paying a hundred more for something that can
tell (at least approximately) what time it is.  $100 should certainly
cover the cost of designing in some random watch chip + glue logic +
battery + diode-to-keep-battery-from-overcharging....
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