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  1. Path: sparky!uunet!mcsun!uknet!warwick!cudep
  2. From: cudep@warwick.ac.uk (Ian Dickinson)
  3. Newsgroups: comp.sys.sun.hardware
  4. Subject: Re: back-up battery worn out?
  5. Message-ID: <cv4mbjcs@csv.warwick.ac.uk>
  6. Date: 22 Jul 92 14:54:53 GMT
  7. References: <MHO.92Jul22124219@n021.saskg.semicon.sony.co.jp>
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  14. In article <MHO.92Jul22124219@n021.saskg.semicon.sony.co.jp> mho@saskg.semicon.sony.co.jp (Masato Hori) writes:
  15. >The other day, one of our SUN4/390 (SunOS 4.0.3) began to display
  16. >messages saying;
  17. >    synctodr: TOD chip time way off, unable to sync time.
  18. >repeatedly.
  19.  
  20. The 4/390s mostly had dodgy TOD clocks anyway.
  21. I'd never believe one for a network time service.
  22.  
  23. >The local sales rep told us that there was something wrong with the
  24. >battery back-up'ed clock. According to him, this is a typical problem
  25. >for SUN4 after five or six years of 24 hours driving.
  26.  
  27. The 4/390s only appeared slightly less than 3 years ago didn't they?
  28.  
  29. Cheers,
  30. -- 
  31. \/ato - Ian Dickinson - NIC handle: ID17                              Yo! Bum 
  32. vato@csv.warwick.ac.uk  ...!mcsun!uknet!warwick!vato                     rush
  33. /I=I/S=Dickinson/OU=CSV/O=Warwick/PRMD=UK.AC/ADMD= /C=GB/                 the
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