Date   : Wed, 16 May 1990 16:45:58 GMT
From   : sumax!amc-gw!sigma!flash!bill@beaver.cs.washington.edu (bill)
Subject: OKI MSM8532 troubles (old clock/calendar chip)

Is anyone  using (successfully) the OKI MSM5832 clock/calendar chip?

The one in my 8 year old Alspa Computer CP/M box died late last year,
but I didn't get around to replacing it until several weeks ago. The
new chip (#2) was bad (several things didn't work) so I ordered a
replacement (#3) which seems generally to work, but both #2 and #3
exhibited one common problem:

   If the year is set in the 90s, the 10s digit in the month gets
   set also (I tried to set month=5, but got back month=15!). 

I can live with this problem by setting the years to 00 (for 1990) and 
modifying my C/P2DOS/UUCP time functions, but I am curious to know if
others are having this trouble.


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