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> Yes, holding Esc does it for my Toshiba.
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> > You should get a menu with submenus that lets you
> > set date and time in
> > CMOS, which will be retained if the battery still
> > has a charge.
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> But i don't see a date on that screen anywhere,
> and i've searched thru all the submenus too.
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> I know that sounds weird, but i can't find one.

Maybe Steven can figure it out on his laptop.
The site I found by searching on your model number and CMOS also has 
setup.exe for that model.  Search on setup.exe and CMOS and the model 
number to find it.

> > The computer may date from 1990 - is is really that
> > old?
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> The latest date on the BIOS title is 1994.
> But BL thinks that i installed BL on that
> machine on 1/1/1990.
1994 BIOS means the computer is no older than 1994.

> ... or it did, anyway. I've changed the date
> using DOS and won't know how well it sticks
> until after i unplug that machine.
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> But for right now i'm leaving it plugged in,
> because to my surprise, the battery started
> showing that it is charging! -- very, very
> slowly. It's been plugged in since Wednesday
> and in three days the battery has charged from
> 1% to 35% according to the LCD.

Amazing.  You might get 10 minutes of use out of it.
This is the main battery, not the CMOS battery which keeps the time set. 
If that is also rechargeable (the older ones were) it would explain why 
you lost the time setting in the first place.
Sindi

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