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From: dsc3pzp@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil (Philip Perucci)
Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.bugs
Subject: Re: problems with clock?
Message-ID: <C4tALo.89J@nmrdc1.nmrdc.nnmc.navy.mil>
Date: 1 Apr 93 15:48:59 GMT
References: <C4pqxv.2Jq@kithrup.com>
Organization: Naval Medical Research & Development Command
Lines: 16

In article <C4pqxv.2Jq@kithrup.com> sef@kithrup.com (Sean Eric Fagan) writes:
>I've noticed that my machine seems to have a lot of problems with
>the clock.  Namely, it gains (or loses) a *lot* of time, but only
>occassionally.  I'm running ntpd again (stopped, for a while, because
>I thought that might have been the culprit), but I was curious
>if anyone else noticed the problem...
>
>Well?

Bad battery?  Even the rechargables soldered to the motherboard die
eventually...
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