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[Robert17]

Hello all, ever since I got my amiga the time and date has always been wrong, but you can't change it in the program, anyone know how to fix it? I should have an RTC now with my blizzard 1230IV yeah?

Robert

[x56h34]

Looks like the lithium battery on your B1230-IV card is doa. This one is not rechargeable. It needs to be replaced with a new one (socketed, preferably) in order for you to be able to keep the time again.

You have to change it in the "Prefs/Time" program,
and then save it.
But if your battery on the Blizzard is empty, then
you can't...
:-o

[Robert17]

it is socketed already, even if I did replace the battery how would I reset the time? It's showing the year 1978 at the moment

AHA just figured it out, I don't think the battery is a dud it's just the clock has never been set... because until tonight I didn't know how!

Sorry for all the questions folks but I'm starting to use my amiga a lot lately (week off work) and there's a lot I need to know... expect a lot more questions when I try to get my ethernet adaptor working! (when it arrives)

Robert

Robert17 wrote:

It's showing the year 1978 at the moment

Then you traveled back in time!

[x56h34]

Robert, socketed meaning you can take the silver battery easily out from it (pop it out). I believe that yours is soldered to the board, that is unless someone has previously modified your B1230-IV with a socketed battery.

Let me make it a bit clearer for you. If your battery's surface looks like it's covered slightly with a brownish wrap around it, such as the one seen in this picture, then it's soldered (non-removable).

[Robert17]

It's a socketed button cell, next to the CPU, clock is fine and dandy now anyway thanks for your help

Robert

[x56h34]

Don't forget to power off, wait a minute, and power back on your system to make sure the time is being kept after shutdown. This is how you will really know if it works or not.

[Hyperspeed]

The standard A1200 had provision for an internal clock via a secret
bit of removeable shielding which concealed a little row of pins (the
clockport). An internal clock could be added without needing an
accelerator or memory card. Incidentally this `clock port' has the
capacity for incredible speed and in the latter nineties was used for
300kbps serial ports etc.

Can't say I've ever seen a clockport clock, all I ever saw was that
little grey and red parallel port clock. Or was it the DF1: passthru?

The Blizzard accelerators have a self-recharge Panasonic CR2020. It
recharges when the Amiga is on, keeps the clock ticking when the Amiga
is off. I know these little self-recharge buttons can keep the data in
a PDA/Console for at least a month, so could probably keep the time
for ages on your Amiga.

Remember, if ever one of these dies it'd be best to replace it with
another Panasonic CR2020. If you get a socket and put non-recharge
ones in you'll be paying 2.50 UKP every few months, and it'll probably
leak and blow up (unless you put a diode in to cut the recharge line
of the Blizzard).

Also, is this the coolest CLI utility ever?
http://ftp.uni-paderborn.de/pub/aminet/util/cli/cal20.lha