First computer with real-time clock?

From: Ethan Dicks <dickset_at_amanda.spole.gov>
Date: Sun Aug 1 22:48:45 2004

On Sun, Aug 01, 2004 at 11:25:23PM -0400, Vassilis Prevelakis wrote:
> Since many people mentioned various HP calculators and computers with
> non-volatile clocks, I only want to mention the HP 59309A HP-IB Digital
> Clock. This is an HP-IB device that returns the current time/date as
> an ASCII string. SO if your computer did not have a non-volatile clock
> you could easily add one.

Ooh... that sounds like a neat toy... I take it that it's uncommon...

-ethan

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