keithbraithwaite
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Putting in a new clock
I've been struggling with an old box with lots of help from your different experts and I've learned a lot.
It seems that my soldered in Dallas clock is dead or dying and since I have nothing to lose, I'd like to try to change it, replace it or put another clock in its place or someplace it will work.
I have a lot of old computers in various states of decay available to me - many of them much younger than my old PI PC.
Is it possible to put a new clock in?
Is it possible to put a different type of clock in?
What should I be looking for in my scrap heap?
Are there "plug-in" clocks?
I'm doing all this so I can really get to understand how it all works and rebuild these older sets for a group of people who don't have access to computers so they can start to learn word processing, spreadsheets etc - and also for youngsters who want to learn to use a music sequencer...
All the best
Keith
It seems that my soldered in Dallas clock is dead or dying and since I have nothing to lose, I'd like to try to change it, replace it or put another clock in its place or someplace it will work.
I have a lot of old computers in various states of decay available to me - many of them much younger than my old PI PC.
Is it possible to put a new clock in?
Is it possible to put a different type of clock in?
What should I be looking for in my scrap heap?
Are there "plug-in" clocks?
I'm doing all this so I can really get to understand how it all works and rebuild these older sets for a group of people who don't have access to computers so they can start to learn word processing, spreadsheets etc - and also for youngsters who want to learn to use a music sequencer...
All the best
Keith
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As I said on another forum, I'm adopting Dylan's phrase "My ignorance amazes me" as my new motto!
In my posting I'm confusing batteries and clocks... and as JohnT says it's the battery that needs replacing.
Chipping away at the brick sounds like fun - I'm going to try that Slink9!!! There's no other battery to change. I have nothing to lose...
All the components of this computer are out of the box and I think I'll end up hanging them all up as a sort of working "mobile" in the corner of my workshop!
In my posting I'm confusing batteries and clocks... and as JohnT says it's the battery that needs replacing.
Chipping away at the brick sounds like fun - I'm going to try that Slink9!!! There's no other battery to change. I have nothing to lose...
All the components of this computer are out of the box and I think I'll end up hanging them all up as a sort of working "mobile" in the corner of my workshop!
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For Slink9 read Public - I can't even see who's written what! how can I hope to mend computers!!!
At least the baritone sax I've been working on all the time as I communicate with your forums now plays correctly!!!
All the best to all of you
Keith
At least the baritone sax I've been working on all the time as I communicate with your forums now plays correctly!!!
All the best to all of you
Keith
The Dallas "chip" includes the clock and CMOS battery - not a very clever design detail. Replacing this unit is easy if it is a plug-in solution. Unsoldering and replacing is another thing...
/RID
/RID
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Would you believe that it turned out to be a plug in clock! Found out just as I was about to hack away at it.
I'm sorry to have been such a nuisance. I'll keep a look out for another one.
You live and learn... Some people learn slower than others I hear you say...
I'm sorry to have been such a nuisance. I'll keep a look out for another one.
You live and learn... Some people learn slower than others I hear you say...
Try another m/b Keith!
Johnt