-=> Quoting Jonathan de Boyne Pollard to Ian Moote <=-

 JdBP> That may have been the philosophy of the original IBM PC, but again
 JdBP> you are forgetting that the real-time clock wasn't part of the
 JdBP> original IBM PC.  It was introduced with the IBM PC/XT (more
 JdBP> specifically, the IBM PC/XT286 according to several references).  The
 JdBP> design philosophy of the PC/XT was not necessarily exactly the same as
 JdBP> that of the original IBM PC. 

Actually, it was introduced with the AT. The XT 286 didn't come until
*years* later (about the same time as the PS/2 line). 
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