@SirStimpalot
Hey Stimpy, long time no see...
I'm fairly certain the clock battery in my A4000 is on its way out - but the behaviour isn't quite what i would've expected, so was wondering if anyone can confirm/explain it for me.
What I'm finding is that sometimes the clock will be at the time that I switched the machine off - eg. If the machine was last on at 8:30 yesterday, that will be the time and date it shows when I turn it on today. Other times it will be a date/time in 1996, while every once in a while it'll be something strange like a date and time in November 2003.
I would have expected the time to revert to the same point every time if it were a battery issue (I'm basing that on my experience with A500s and 1200s without battery-backed clocks).
And here's a long shot: Anyone happen to know where in Sydney would be best to start looking for a new battery? It's a barrel type.
From the bottom up....
See Dave's website re: your battery. If nothing else, at least get it out of the machine before it leaks acid all over your precious motherboard.
As for the weird times, my A4000 does the same thing, but i replaced the battery shortly after purchasing the machine, a little over a year ago. I've been meaning to give the whole box to Dave to see if he can fathom the problem.
As for the date being set at the last time you used it, AmigaOS
used to read the last date on the files it could find on the boot disk and set the clock to that. At least under OS 1.x this was true. I used to set the clock on my A1000 from the last used date in my SUS.
Best of luck. The battery change isn't a hard job at all. just be patient with it.
Cache Ya,
Craig.
