A countdown timer doesn't require a full-fledged time-of-day clock with a display that is on all the time. Indeed, most modern microwaves allow you to turn the TOD clock display off by hitting stop/clear when it first powers up and the clock isn't set. That's a good feature.
I did point out that my coffee maker has a clock because I like the safety feature of a timed cutoff. But, a simple countdown timer could accomplish the safety cutoff. The TOD clock part is useless to me, though I can see how some people can use that for timed starts. Just having the option to turn the TOD clock display off would be a good thing, in my opinion.
There's very few motherboards from anyone that dont have a replaceable battery now.
None of those have soldered in batterys now.
But dont have a clue about whats happened since then.
Bet you cant list even a single example of one of those with current motherboards.
to power the RTC and CMOS for long
Nope, they didnt use coin cells because they couldnt provide enough capacity for the older RTC and CMOS.
Wrong again. The real change was the current used by the RTC and use of flashram that takes no battery current for the settings.
ALL modern motherboards get YEARS out of the replaceable battery even if you unplug the system from the mains when you arent using it. And it costs peanuts to replace when that is necessary too.
PCI slots so you can do remote power-up
on the board, and can be powered directly
How odd that that wasnt eliminated in the cost cutting too.
You've never had a clue about the basics, which is presumably why you got the bums rush from that importer.
How odd that you would rely on a homebrew writeup in Wikipedia. What is not odd is that, even at that, you don't know what you are reading. For openers, please tell us what an inductor is, and what a transformer is.
On 6/4/2008 12:16 PM snipped-for-privacy@dog.com spake thus:
I hate to admit it, but the guy's correct here: a transformer is an inductor, but one with more than one winding, so that there's an electrical--> magnetic--> electrical transfer going on. A ballast is just a plain inductor.
But this guy's such an asshole, why bother continuing this argument?
Yeah, it's not really worth the trouble. He's been posting his nonsense for many years. Some folks call him Rod Speedbump because he's such an impediment.
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