From: "Rob Kramer" <robk AT cyberway DOT com DOT sg>
Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
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Subject: Re: System clock problem.
Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 15:18:41 +0800
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"Eli Zaretskii" <eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il> wrote in message
news:7458-Fri16Feb2001081657+0200-eliz AT is DOT elta DOT co DOT il...
> > From: "Rob Kramer" <robk AT cyberway DOT com DOT sg>
> > Newsgroups: comp.os.msdos.djgpp
> > Date: Fri, 16 Feb 2001 11:48:33 +0800
> >
> > My application shows a clock on a graphics screen, amongst other things.
> > Recently I've had a problem that on some devices (after 2.5 years of
perfect
> > operation) the clock starts speeding up mysteriously.
>
> What do you mean by ``devices''?  Does that mean this happens on some
> PCs but not on others?

Correct, there's about 50 of these devices (embedded PCs). 3 are starting to
show the problem now. I'm suspecting a hardware problem, but can't explain
why all is fine again after I exit my application.

> ``Go back'' here means that you just exit the program?  You don't
> reboot, do you?

Exit yes, no reboot.

> > There's only one RTC, right.. If I
> > start my application again, it's fine (but only for a few hours/days).
>
> Try to use `gettimeofday' and compare its output to what `time'
> produces.  Perhaps it will tell you something.

But... all time() does is call gettimeofday(), so I don't think that would
be helpful. (?)

I'm stumped here..

Thanks for your reply,

    Rob