On 25-Jun-99 Jonathan Hall wrote:
> All MS-DOS machines I've ever used ask for the date and time upon boot.
> This includes all 808x machines I've ever used.
>
> So, yes... they do have built-in clocks. They just don't have any battery
> to store the time and date.
My 8086 actually uses four 1,5 volt batteries for the CMOS clock. The manual
of the computer says the clock should work past y2k ;-)
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