Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!sdd.hp.com!swrinde!ucsd!ucbvax!bloom-beacon!eru!hagbard!sunic!mcsun!hp4nl!targon!gert From: gert@targon.UUCP (Gert Kanis) Newsgroups: comp.os.minix Subject: Re: Minix-ST keyboard / mouse / clock Summary: Real time clock Keywords: clock ST RTC Message-ID: <1747@targon.UUCP> Date: 17 May 91 09:47:13 GMT References: <9105072564@arrakis.nl.mugnet.org> Followup-To: comp.os.minix Organization: Siemens Nixdorf Informationsystems BV.,SWZ, Vianen, the Netherlands. Lines: 41 In article <9105072564@arrakis.nl.mugnet.org> bert@arrakis.nl.mugnet.org (Bert Laverman) writes: >In article , klamer@mi.eltn.utwente.nl (Klamer Schutte) wrote: >> The Atari ST hardware supplies a keyboard proccessor for the user. This >> keyboard proccessor has the following output: >> [..] >> 3) clock output. > >> [ some lines deleted ] > >> This leaves us with 3). This one can be of use. It has a clock which keeps >> counting as long as the hardware is not switched off. This means that its >> value is kept between switches between minix and tos. (And thus between >> reboots of minix *). >> >> Comments, anyone??? >The PCers use a program called readclock, which reads their hardware >RTC, and prints the result in MMDDYYHHMMSS format (or "-q" if the time >is found to be zero) to stdout. Maybe something comparable is possible. > > Bert Laverman email: bert@arrakis.nl.mugnet.org Accidentily we happen to even a couple of these program for different *real time* clocks. e.g. megarct (builtin clock of MEGA ST series) weiderct (add on of Weide Electronics), something for SUPRA clocks (found in some hard disks). All those clocks keep the right time even if you switch the computer off. The Atari keyboard (processor) clock keeps the *right* time only if a) you set it first (once every power up) b) you don't power down. So it could be of limited use for those who don't have a REAL real time clock :-) (and reboot a lot). Cheerio, -- Gert Kanis, AP SWZ SWP +----------------------+ Siemens Nixdorf Information systems | I do not represent | P.O.box 29, 4130 EA Vianen, Netherlands. | anyone elses opinion.| E-mail: outside Europe: kanis.via@sni-usa.com +----------------------+ Europe: gert@targon.UUCP Alternative: kanis.via@sni.de