Thierry Godefroy wrote: > [...] > most common RTC+quartz chips (e.g. the > DS3231) come at a quarter of this price and don't use that silly > integrated battery concept that forces you to replace the whole shebang > every 10 years (or even sooner, depending on how long the RTC+battery > package was stored by the supplier before you buy it from them: I'd bet > Farnell don't sell such a RTC everyday...).
The point was that we wanted non-volatile RAM, and the price difference for the battery on top was relatively small at the time. I think the design decision was not bad, considering the component is still available off-the shelf after two decades, and that some bugs could be fixed using post-mortem-debugging thanks to the NVRAN. Peter _______________________________________________ QL-Users Mailing List
