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Re: Interfacing serial RTC chip with serial port
« on: March 09, 2007, 08:50:54 PM »
Hi,

Yes, connecting DI, DO, CLK and ground to the parallel would be all you need to do. Power the chip from a 5V power supply, using perhaps a connection from your Amiga's power supply or a micropower regulator and a battery pack to retain the time when the power is off!

Another option but more involved would be to use a micrcontroller to interface to the chip and send the time to your Amiga via the serial port. This would have a lower CPU overhead.