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From: jkh@meepmeep.pcs.com (Jordan K. Hubbard)
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Subject: How does the Dallas Semiconductor chip retain the time?
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Date: 29 May 91 14:08:00 GMT
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Not having any specs on my chip (I got it from Steve Liggett), I was
wondering..

I figure it either has a very small lithium-type battery someplace
(in which case I wonder about its lifetime), or a small nuclear
reactor of the Pons & Fleischman (or Fleischman/Pons, for our english
readers) type.  If it's the latter, how often do I need to sprinkle
it with heavy water?

I suppose it might also be a sliver of plutonium and a miniature
thermocouple, but that's REALLY farfetched!

:-) :-) :-) for the sarcasm impaired.

					Jordan