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From: terryb@cs.fau.edu (terry bohning)
Newsgroups: sci.electronics
Subject: Re: Clock Chip Wanted.
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Date: 27 Jan 91 02:35:27 GMT
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djw@hpldsla.sid.hp.com (David Williams) writes:

> Is there a  definitive  cheap,  easy to get clock  chip?  ...the
> type which  tells me the time, not the type that gives me a nice
> square wave!
> 
The Real Time Clock chip used in the PC/AT is an MC146818.  Should
be plentiful, but I don't know the cost.  Hook up an xtal and it goes.