On 31 Oct, this message from Chris Tillman echoed through cyberspace: > On Wed, Oct 31, 2001 at 07:17:59PM +0100, Olaf Hering wrote: >> On Wed, Oct 31, John Goerzen wrote: >> >> > Adrian Bunk <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes: >> > >> > > As far as I understand it clock from powerpc-utils is obsolete and you >> > > can >> > > use hwclock on all machines (including PReP machines?). Does that mean >> > > you >> > > will remove the clock program from powerpc-utils? >> > >> > I'm not so sure this is true. I've had terrible trouble with hwclock >> > setting the CMOS clock to either 1903 or 1933. It seems to cause >> > significant problems in this area. The clock program works fine. > > Sounds like you should watch out for that firmware update. Just a point to > ponder, all the old Macs would start setting themselves back to time 0 > (1/1/1904) when their PRAM batteries were going bad. You might just have a > weak battery.
FWIW, I don't think recent PowerBooks even have a PRAM battery; I think they only have the main battery. Older ones (my PB500 comes to mind) had a small watch-style battery for clock and nvram backup. Cheers Michel ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michel Lanners | " Read Philosophy. Study Art. 23, Rue Paul Henkes | Ask Questions. Make Mistakes. L-1710 Luxembourg | email [EMAIL PROTECTED] | http://www.cpu.lu/~mlan | Learn Always. "
