Hi George, The problem that David has seems to be not present when using Linux, so it could be related to SMSQ/E or programs that run in SMSQ/E. I have checked my Q60 and there seems to be no problems with the hardware clock.
I suppose QDOS Classic could be loaded to see if that makes any difference. Does SMSQ/E have a software clock that is independent from the hardware clock. Derek George Gwilt wrote: > On 13 Mar 2007, at 20:51, David Gilham wrote: > > >> I seem to have an unusual problem with respect to the clock >> on my Q60 system. >> The system is >> Q60 60mhz >> 64M ram as seen by SMSQE >> 128M Physical memory >> SMSQE v 3.13 as assembled from sources. >> The problem is not with the hardware clock. >> but apparently with SMSQE. >> On boot up of the machine I normally print the date and time >> and a simple menu asking whether I want SMSQE or Linux. >> The Time is more or less accurate. >> If I boot into SMSQE and let the system run for a reasonable >> time printing date$ seems to indicate that the clock is losing >> seconds at >> an large rate ,apparently 1 minute per hour. This was so whether I >> typed Prot_date 1 or prot_date 0 immediatly after a normal boot. >> If I do a soft reset the time display and hence the clock reverts >> to a more or less accurate value. I am baffled by this. Cursory >> looking at the SMSQE >> sources seems not to reveal what is going wrong but either my >> system is playing up or there maybe timing problems in SMSQE. >> Has anyone else noticed this problem or have any idea of how to fix >> it. >> A temporary fix would involve a polled task but much better would be >> in the operating sytem itself. >> >> > > My Q60 is now about 9 minutes fast. The time was changed certainly > over a month a go. So my Q60 has a much smaller timing error. > > George > _______________________________________________ > QL-Users Mailing List > http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm > > -- > This email has been verified as Virus free > Virus Protection and more available at http://www.plus.net > > _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List http://www.q-v-d.demon.co.uk/smsqe.htm
