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From: dave@kbvan.com (Dave Van Allen)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Re: Nonvolatile time/date for 1000TX
Message-ID: <110@kbvan.com>
Date: 17 Mar 91 21:25:32 GMT
References: <148427@pyramid.pyramid.com>
Organization: Lehigh Software Systems, Wescosville, PA
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In article <148427@pyramid.pyramid.com> andrem@pyrman2.pyramid.com (Andre Molyneux) writes:
>Time for yet another question about ye ol' 1000TX...  :-)
>
>One must enter the time and date everytime one powers up or resets this
>beast.  The Radio Shaft (I can call it that 'cause I worked there years
>ago ;-) ) catalog lists a $40 option that keeps the time when the machine
>is powered down.  I think that it's just a chip, but it may be a plug-in
>board. I'd rather not have to enter this info everytime I power up the
>machine, but $40 sounds a bit steep to save a few extra keystrokes.
>
>Is there a third-party chip or board that performs this same function
>at a lower cost?  I've recently seen some ads for third-party stuff for
>Tandys, but this item was not among them.

Ya, I worked there too.  The smartWatch option is what you are refering
to from tandy.  It is a double-trucked IC socket with a clock chip and
battery in it.  They (Tandy) say it lasts 7 years. We (former Tandyites)
know better and give it 3 years.  For 39 bucks and the short trip to a 
shack it's worth it.  Plus why wait for two weeks to save 5 bucks from
a mail order house only to find out that it doesn't work in a TX??


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