First computer with real-time clock?

From: Michael Sokolov <msokolov_at_ivan.Harhan.ORG>
Date: Thu Jul 29 10:44:16 2004

Vintage Computer Festival <vcf_at_siconic.com> wrote:

> > If you mean a clock that maintains time when power is off or gets the time
> > by radio then we are probably into the micro era.
>
> Yes.
>
> But I can't imagine there was not a real-time clock (i.e. as described
> above) as at least an option for an earlier computer system.

VAX Architecture Reference Manual requires every VAX to have one,
and they all indeed do starting with the 11/780. Was the 780
introduced in 1978 or 1979? In any case it was designed in the late
1970s.

MS
Received on Thu Jul 29 2004 - 10:44:16 BST