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Message from Steven
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monz wrote:
>
> Now, everytime i turn on the machine, it calculates
> the date from the day that i installed BL, but it
> thinks that that day was January 1, 1990.
> 
> Is there a way to set a more permanent date?

Is DOS on that machine?  If not, boot DOS from a
DOS floppy.  The use the DATE command (in DOS) to 
set a new date.  

> I thought maybe it was messed up because there's
> probably a nearly-dead CMOS battery or something
> like that ... 

Your CMOS battery probably discharged while the
computer was unused.  Now that you are using it,
the CMOS battery has recharged and is remembering
the date.  Unfortunately, it is the wrong date.

Cheers,
Steven