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From: richarr@nikola.cs.orst.edu (Robert Steven Richardson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga,comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: Re: Big Problems with A1000
Summary: Me Too
Keywords: clock broke stuck
Message-ID: <9539@orstcs.CS.ORST.EDU>
Date: 21 Mar 89 08:47:49 GMT
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Reply-To: richarr@nikola.UUCP (Robert Steven Richardson)
Organization: Oregon State Universtiy - CS - Corvallis, Oregon
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In article <1683@aucs.UUCP> 840445m@aucs.UUCP (Mic Mac) writes:
>I am having some problems with my Amiga 1000 computer.  Time does not pass
>for the darn thing.  What I mean is this, when I run any sort of clock
>program, time does not pass.  This is not a buggy program since I have run
>them on a friend's machine and they work fine.  I figure maybe a chip is 
>loose or blown.  Can anyone recommend anything besides taking to a dealer
>to have it fixed.  I can do simple repairs myself if I just know what to do.
>
>-- 
>% Alan W. McKay     %                                             %
>% Acadia University %   " The world needs more Socrates'          %
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I have the exact same problem with my just-out-of-warranty B2000.  Its
over 100 miles to my dealer.  The service tech told me he was sure he
could find it for me in a week, and fix it for no labor charge.  Nice,
but I can't sacrifice a week without my machine.  This stuck clock
causes a couple of programs that depend on the system clock to appear
to lock up while waiting for events to pass that never happen.
The BATTERY-BACKED-CLOCK WORKS FINE, but the system clock used by
programs like "Clock" on the workbench disk just sticks wherever you
last used the DATE command. (Or SetClock Opt Load)

If someone over at Commodore could tell me what chip the clock
resides on, I could pop it and replace it myself.

Thanks for ANY help.

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