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From: jobusch@isucs1.UUCP
Newsgroups: net.micro.amiga
Subject: ATIME: Amiga Clock Backup
Message-ID: <59700031@isucs1.UUCP>
Date: Wed, 16-Apr-86 13:34:00 EDT
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Posted: Wed Apr 16 13:34:00 1986
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Organization: Iowa State University, Ames, Iowa
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Nf-From: isucs1.UUCP!jobusch    Apr 16 12:34:00 1986

The Amiga dealer in Marshalltown, IA (Micro Applications) has an interesting
little device for sale called ATIME, made by AKRON TECHNOLOGIES.

ATIME is a device to keep time even while your Amiga is turned off. It plugs
(transparently) into the parallel port. Sells for $49.95 list, but the store
had it on sale of $69.95. (Huh?) Seems to work pretty slick, but it needs
some special code on the Workbench disk; most likely code to read the time
from the little device on power-up.

Has anyone got ideas on how to make a clock backup cheaper than fifty bucks?
What besides a clock chip and a NiCd battery would ATIME have in it? And
how would you read it from the parallel port? 

I'm waiting for the schematic to show up in Byte...or on the net!

David L. Jobusch       	   USENET/UUCP : ...{okstate | umn-cs}!isucs1!jobusch	
Dept. of Computer Science  CSNET	 : jobusch@iowa-state
Iowa State University

DISCLAIMER: I'm not associated with MicroApplications, Akron Tech.,
	    Byte, or the Univerisity of Iowa Schmuckeyes.