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From: donc@cognos.uucp (Don Campbell)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.questions
Subject: Re: Compaq 386 clock
Message-ID: <1541@cognos.UUCP>
Date: Fri, 9-Oct-87 09:47:17 EDT
Article-I.D.: cognos.1541
Posted: Fri Oct  9 09:47:17 1987
Date-Received: Mon, 12-Oct-87 02:30:42 EDT
References: <9614@brl-adm.ARPA>
Reply-To: donc@cognos.UUCP (Don Campbell)
Organization: Cognos Inc., Ottawa, Canada
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In article <9614@brl-adm.ARPA> , Micheal Reid asks...
>        I've been running SCO Xenix 386 sysVr2.2 for the last 2 months
>on a Compaq 386. It seems to be quite stable...it has never panicked and the
>error messages I have gotten are explainable. My main annoyance has
>been that something in Xenix is corrupting the clock. On reboot under
>DOS or Xenix the clock will be incorrect and this is detected by the machine.
>This does not happen when the machine is used exclusively for DOS.
>I believe that the Xenix date command may be doing this. The tech
>ref guide mentions that when the clock is read the clock valid bit is reset.
>Has anyone else seen this? Any suggestions?


   This has happened with some of our 386's as well (my machine included).
I called SCO about it and they said it was a known bug. They also said
it has been reproduced on more than just the Compaqs. Next time I talk
with them I'll try to find out more. I'll post any information they give me.
-- 
Don Campbell          uucp: decvax!utzoo!dciem!nrcaer!cognos!donc
Cognos Incorporated   mail: P.O. Box 9707, 3755 Riverside Drive, 
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