Any way to upgrade CMOS clock??

On Tue, 15 May 2007 23:55:46 -0400, Barry Watzman
<> wrote:

>Well, you are in luck, they are BACK.
>
>Actually, Bulova "reintroduced" them recently and they are making them
>again. It's kind of a unique watch mechanism with a very unique sound
>to it.
>
>Your old one might be repairable.
>
>

Probably but not worth the cost at today new watch prices; besides now
I hear watches are losing popularity due to cell phones.
Thanks Barry for updating me <g>.

wrote:
> The CMOS clock (is it still called CMOS clock?) drifts about
> 2 secs/day on my machine. Is there any way to replace it
> with a much more precise clock? Are there any expansion
> cards available with high quality clocks to replace
> the default CMOS clock. I do not want the drift to
> exceed 1 second/week.
>

Would something like this work: http://www.beaglesoft.com/clcahome.htm

It may still not be accurate enough as they claim 15 sec/mon however
they later state that, "in a temperature-stable environment, error will
be less than 2 seconds/month" which exceeds your goal if you can provide
the environment.

You mention you're against Internet syncing, but have you considered
syncing via other remote sources? A couple of methods I've done some
research on in the past were GPS and [long/short] wave radio; I know GPS
is quite popular with astronomers. Whatever the case, keep in mind that
as accuracy rises, so does the price.

Careful now, in making suggestions here. The OP is known to flame at responses
to his original posting lacking in specifics as to what problem he/she (probably
a he, but I refuse to be sexist) is trying to solve... Ben Myers

On Tue, 15 May 2007 23:31:38 -0700, Nicholas Andrade
<> wrote:

> wrote:
>> The CMOS clock (is it still called CMOS clock?) drifts about
>> 2 secs/day on my machine. Is there any way to replace it
>> with a much more precise clock? Are there any expansion
>> cards available with high quality clocks to replace
>> the default CMOS clock. I do not want the drift to
>> exceed 1 second/week.
>>
>
>Would something like this work: http://www.beaglesoft.com/clcahome.htm
>
>It may still not be accurate enough as they claim 15 sec/mon however
>they later state that, "in a temperature-stable environment, error will
>be less than 2 seconds/month" which exceeds your goal if you can provide
>the environment.
>
>You mention you're against Internet syncing, but have you considered
>syncing via other remote sources? A couple of methods I've done some
>research on in the past were GPS and [long/short] wave radio; I know GPS
>is quite popular with astronomers. Whatever the case, keep in mind that
>as accuracy rises, so does the price.

"Ben Myers" <> wrote in message
news:...
> Careful now, in making suggestions here. The OP is known to flame at
> responses
> to his original posting lacking in specifics as to what problem he/she
> (probably
> a he, but I refuse to be sexist) is trying to solve... Ben Myers
>

Ben -

It's obvious that if he told anyone he'd have to kill'em. I for one
appreciate the ambiguity.

-Stew

OMG, a national security issue right here on this very newsgroup? ... Ben

On Wed, 16 May 2007 20:05:37 -0500, "S.Lewis" <> wrote:

>
>"Ben Myers" <> wrote in message
>news:.. .
>> Careful now, in making suggestions here. The OP is known to flame at
>> responses
>> to his original posting lacking in specifics as to what problem he/she
>> (probably
>> a he, but I refuse to be sexist) is trying to solve... Ben Myers
>>
>
>Ben -
>
>It's obvious that if he told anyone he'd have to kill'em. I for one
>appreciate the ambiguity.
>
>-Stew
>