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| Thread ID: 41223 | 2004-01-03 22:48:00 | Computer clock constantly losing time. | Wilky (776) | Press F1 |
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| 205120 | 2004-01-05 02:38:00 | Of course, computers are sold as computers. If you want a digital clock,, buy a digital clock. :D If it's run from the mains, the grid frequency is adjusted in the early morning hours so there will be exactly 50*60*24 cycles in 24 hours. (Or that used to be the rule ... maybe "the market" doesn't allow for such services). A GPS unit will give you a pretty good time reference. It might even tell you where you are. Some older PC boards had a trimmer capacitor so the clock crystal could be adjusted to exactly 32768 Hz. Of course that was only for the battery clock; the OS time still depended on the 18.7 HX interrupt. |
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