On (16 Mar 04) Greg Mayman wrote to Roy J. Tellason...

 > More and more stuff seems to be showing up on line all the time...
 >
 > Now if the time I had to spend on it would stretch proportionately!
 > :-)

 GM> A perenial problem. Believe me, it gets worse as you get older!

 GM> Now here's a puzzler that you or one of our other correspondents may be
 GM> able to help with.

 GM> I have been given an EPSON 386 computer, model EL3/33. The problem with it
 GM> is that the CMOS battery has died. But I can't find anything that looks
 GM> like a battery anywhere on board.

 GM> I even opened the p/s to check for a battery inside, but no go there too.

 GM> But there is a realtime clock module - "DALLAS DS1287 REAL
TIME 9026B3".

 GM> Does anyone recognize this part? Is it one of those clock modules with the
 GM> internal battery? If so is there anyway to bypass the battery or hook in an
 GM> external one?

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