Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!seismo!sundc!pitstop!texsun!convex!authorplaceholder From: cuddy@convex.UUCP Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc Subject: Re: Standard date bug Message-ID: <63200010@convex> Date: Mon, 23-Nov-87 01:42:00 EST Article-I.D.: convex.63200010 Posted: Mon Nov 23 01:42:00 1987 Date-Received: Thu, 3-Dec-87 23:12:40 EST References: <7457@eddie.MIT.EDU> Lines: 26 Nf-ID: #R:eddie.MIT.EDU:-745700:convex:63200010:000:1075 Nf-From: convex.UUCP!cuddy Nov 23 00:42:00 1987 nathan@mit-eddie.UUCP writes: > This is a question about the standard bug that many people know > about regarding the date maintained in memory on standard > pc's and many clones. If your computer is on when midnight comes > around, the date will not be changed. I don't know whether this > always happens or only sometimes. As a former clone salesman/service tech, I have seen this bug. fortunately, there are three ways to fix this. 1: write an interrupt driver (yech!) 2: make your program re-set the date/time from the multi-function board's clock 3: get a copy of a good BIOS-- like PHOENIX. We always used it in the clones we sold. It's one of the best if not the best. I'ts even faster than IBM's (not saying much). this BIOS does not have the data bug. My first clone had this very bug-- it was a "Super Bios" and then a "MEGA" bios. both standard bad Taiwan BIOS's. when I got my PHOENIX BIOS machine, It solved my problem. you should be able to pick one up for ~$30us. Mike Cuddy CONVEX Computer Corp. 701 N. Plano Rd. Richardson, TX 75081