Date   : Fri, 10 Nov 2006 18:00:52 +0000
From   : astravan@... (Alex Taylor)
Subject: Grrr.....annoying master cmos ram

Richard Gellman wrote:

> As for replacing the chip, I'm afraid on this chip (Motorola/Hitachi 
> 146818) is:
> 
> b) soldered directly onto the board, and thus very difficult to swap.
> Some later (replacement only?) boards wered fitted with a chip socket
> for this, but I've only ever seen one such board.

My Master ET's RTC chip is in a socket. Mine's the one which hangs up
doing a *TIME. I tried A%=14:CALL&FFF1, and it crashed then too.

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Alex Taylor