Date   : Fri, 10 Nov 2006 10:17:05 +0000 (GMT)
From   : GroverR@... (Rod at Orpheusmail)
Subject: Grrr.....annoying master cmos ram

In article <061110005504@...>,
Jonathan Graham Harston <jgh@...> wrote:
> In article: <38370.82.71.113.222.1163085016.squirrel@...
> Richard Gellman <splodge@...> wrote:

[snip]

> That's not the IC, it's the controlling software. The IC only keeps a two
> digit year counter. It's up the the controlling software to use that
> two-digit year appropriately. For example, some versions of RISC OS have a
> 'current century' byte in CMOS. Sensibly, the MOS should have implmented
> code that returned 1980-2079. There's plenty of space to fit it in, as
> described on the Abu Dhabi Shipping Company's website.

Can you give a URL please as I can't the information you refer to.

Kind regards
Rod Grover


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