I like being "on" time so I have a little program that will go to the NIS and reset the computer clock to the atomic clock in either CO or D.C. This is for a MS DOS machine. It is a small ZIP file if anyone wants a copy let me know. I like being set to a hundredth of a second. Newton TCoates wrote: > > I have discovered the date problem. We own and use four different > computers. Three are iBooks. The iBook I used this past weekend at the > breakfast table is my wife's. I very rarely make posts from the breakfast > table, but hey it was a weekend. I spent the rest of the weekend posting > from my desktop computer. I'd forgotten I'd made a post from her computer. > > My wife's iBook doesn't have a battery in it right now (long story). From > what I can tell, iBooks use the main battery to keep the date and time > constant. Consequently the date and time are incorrect on this computer. > This also accounts for why there was only one post with an incorrect date > and time. The battery is in the process of being replaced on this computer > (again long story). > > I have replaced PRAM batteries of the plug in type. Even some of them can > be a "sucker". > > Now we can rest the mystery of the "incorrect time and date", at least from > my weekend post. > > Tim Coates > > Newton Hunt wrote: > > > > Tim, Newton, et al, > > > > > > The date problem can be caused by the need for a new "pram" battery. > > > > You are right there. Some of those little suckers are soldered onto the > > motherboard. Now that will be fun!. > > > > Newton
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