[BBC-Micro] Master ET

[astravan at ntlworld.com]

I've been fixing up a couple of Masters I've got, including the Master ET I recently got from Wales. Once I'd put a mains cable on and fixed the resultant exploded capacitor, then reset the CMOS and configured it, it seems to work, except a wierd problem with the RTC. It runs much too fast. Does anybody know what might be causing this? I thought maybe the RTC needs good batteries to work even with the machine switched on, but this was just a guess and I wonder if anyone could shed any light on this before I go and make up a battery pack.

I'll probably be putting the machine on eBay anyway, because I've got far too many computers, and the ET is completely useless to me (although I'd love a working Econet).

Alex Taylor.

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