Path: utzoo!utgpu!watmath!iuvax!mailrus!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!attctc!jls
From: jls@attctc.Dallas.TX.US (Jerome Schneider)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Reading the clock hardware in Leading Edge model D.
Keywords: DOS 3.3, Leading Edge, clock hardware
Message-ID: <9000@attctc.Dallas.TX.US>
Date: 15 Aug 89 03:31:46 GMT
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Organization: Aspen Technology Group, Ft. Collins, CO
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After upgrading a Leading Edge Model D (XT) with a 30mb hard disk and MS
DOS 3.3, I found that the battery-backed clock can not be read by the DOS
$CLOCK driver.  The original DOS 2.x supplied by L.E. apparently contained
a modified $CLOCK driver for reading the hardware.  Other than trying to
purchase a version of L.E. DOS 3.2 or higher instead of using MS-DOS 3.3,
I can't find a solution.  I would think that this is a commom problem
for anyone upgrading a L.E. with a 30Mb hard disk, since DOS 2.1 wastes so
much space on large clusters.  One of our apps _needs_ the 3.3 version of
DOS anyway.

If anyone is aware of either a device driver or another solution to
automatically reading the battery clock with MS DOS, could you send me
email please?  I'll sumarize any useful answers.  TIA

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