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From: macey@praxis.co.uk (Ian Macey)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: TIMER + real clock problems
Keywords: TIMER/? real time clock
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Date: 16 Sep 88 17:37:15 GMT
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Reply-To: macey@praxis.co.uk (Ian Macey)
Organization: Praxis Systems plc, Bath, UK
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I have just aquired a NESS 640k, double floppy drive, IBM compatable.
All seems to be fine except that when I try and use the TIMER command
to 'boot-up' the clock from the battery-backed one on my I/O card, I
get the message 'clock not found'!

My I/O card manual says the clock is there, and I've checked the
battery, which gives a strong 4 volt reading, so what's wrong? The
manual describes making bridges between pins on one of the RS232 ports
on the card to enable/disable the clock, but although I have connected
the pins where it says, I still get no clock.

Does anyone out there have a NESS machine and know where I might be
going wrong (have you had a similar problem?) or know the correct pins
to connect on the I/O card?

Thanks,

Ian Macey,  Bath, England.

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