On Tue, 25 Aug 1998, G.S. Vigneault wrote:
> Is there a particular date/time chip that has been made
> part of the MSX hardware specification -- if so, which?
Sure there is. Since the MSX-2, all machines must have the RP5C01:
it controls the date/time, password, default values for set adjust, set
beep, and others.
But I have a more sutile question. Has this chip been predicted by
MSX standards since the MSX-1?
Every time I booted my old MSX-1, it asked for a date (to save
files on disk). When I converted my MSX-1 to MSX-2, the boot stopped to
ask the date. And I didn't change the drive interface!! So my questions
are: how the drive knew I changed my computer, and where did it get the
date/time?
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Ricardo Bittencourt http://www.lsi.usp.br/~ricardo
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