Timeline for Why did the stock Amigas not have a battery for keeping the time/date?
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| Feb 12, 2022 at 0:55 | comment | added | Austin Hemmelgarn | And it’s worth noting that at the time, most usage in the home market didn’t need an accurate wall clock like most modern systems do, and there was code in place in the OS to ensure timestamp consistency for files, so this was a reasonable business move from Comodore. | |
| Feb 11, 2022 at 15:10 | history | edited | Brian H | CC BY-SA 4.0 | added 7 characters in body |
| Feb 11, 2022 at 12:07 | comment | added | TheUnpredictableETO | Nitpick: the "belly slot" of an A500 could accept more than just RAM+RTC. Mine has for example a KCS PC emulator board in it. | |
| Feb 11, 2022 at 10:55 | comment | added | the busybee | So it all boils down to: If an Amiga has an RTC, it also has a battery. :-D | |
| Feb 11, 2022 at 9:33 | history | edited | Jean-François Fabre | CC BY-SA 4.0 | deleted 1 character in body |
| Feb 11, 2022 at 8:11 | comment | added | pipe | Also worth noting here is that an RTC and battery is included on the A1200 motherboard and schematics, just not populated with circuits. | |
| Feb 11, 2022 at 0:30 | comment | added | knol | And if you own an A500+ you should make it a priority to inspect the board and ensure said battery hasn't leaked! | |
| Feb 11, 2022 at 0:27 | comment | added | mnem | I'll just add that the slightly more up-model A500+ that came with 1MB of memory onboard also included a RTC and battery on the motherboard. | |
| Feb 10, 2022 at 23:52 | history | edited | Brian H | CC BY-SA 4.0 | added 1 character in body |
| Feb 10, 2022 at 23:47 | history | edited | Brian H | CC BY-SA 4.0 | added 27 characters in body |
| Feb 10, 2022 at 23:39 | history | answered | Brian H | CC BY-SA 4.0 |