Re: What is the best clock card?

[mjmahon@aol.com (Michael J. Mahon)]

Michael Black wrote:

>>> What is a "No Slot Clock"?

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>I am a tad surprised that they still exist.  I thought I'd read that
>old versions ran out, because they hadn't been designed to handle
>years after a certain date.  And considering how computers have gone,
>the function would be fitted into an existing part, so there wouldn't
>be enough demand for a standalone circuit like this.

They are still used in embedded systems.  They are a simple
way to add real-timekeeping capability to a system without
any hardware rework.

Dallas/Maxim still makes them, as they always have.

They just keep a 2-digit year field, but now that 2000 is
behind us, it doesn't matter much.  ;-)

-michael

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