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OT: Holy Cow!

Just booted my Tandy 1000TL2, which has been sitting on a shelf unused since 1992. It not only posted, showing the whopping 728K memory, but the system clock was only 1 hour 20 min off, with correct date. How weird is that? JR Dweller in the cellar

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JR North
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like a trip to the past. I have some scripts from 15 years ago, like a script to check whether my girlfriend of 15 years ago is online etc

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Ignoramus10071

Come on, I can't believe any battery on a mother board can last any where near 17 years. If it weren't for that I could "sort of" believe it. :-) ...lew...

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Lewis Hartswick

Not too terribly weird - it probably has a lithium battery, and the CMOS clock chip only draws microamps, which is what lithiums were designed for - mind-bogglingly long life, at very small currents.

I'm more surprised that the mechanical stuff (fan(s) and disk drive(s)) worked OK after sitting idle for so long.

Cheers! Rich

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JR North

I have the home made digital segment LED clock I built in the 70's. It is running in the bedroom. It was a gift to my beloved back then and I used Monsanto Seven segments. I think the supply has ripple on it but am afraid to open the metal box due to the pcb design - one never knows if solder joints or pcb material are being held by pressure or quality. I suspect lack thereof it was done before I got NASA certified. When I left Ca. I was doing super set above the initial qual set I had.

Mart> >> Just booted my Tandy 1000TL2, which has been sitting on a shelf unused

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