Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!cbosgd!mandrill!neoucom!wtm
From: wtm@neoucom.UUCP (Bill Mayhew)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.att
Subject: Re: AT&T 6300+ clock... slow
Summary: Clock battery goes dead if you don't use the mahcine a lot
Keywords: AT&T6300+ slow clock
Message-ID: <845@neoucom.UUCP>
Date: 13 Dec 87 16:58:36 GMT
References: <6393@ncoast.UUCP>
Distribution: comp
Organization: Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine
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Without the complete set of cirucmstances, I'll have to speculate a
bit.  The 6300 and 6300+ freshen up the clock battery only while
they are turned on.  I have set up many 6300s at my place of work.
The batteries are usually drained to zilch when we get the
machines.  The solution is to turn the machine on and let it run
for 24 hours straight to recharge the battery.

If the 6300 is left unused for more than about two weeks, the
battery poops out.  I guess the assumption of the designers was
that the 6300 would likely be used in a business environment where
it would get several hours of use every 5 days out of 7.

--Bill