Gregg Levine <gregg.drwho8 at gmail.com> writes: FYI, if you Google the TOY clock chip, you will find some links to hacking the battery in the chip. However, I've found it just much easier to order up the drop in replacement. Happily, most Alpha and Itanium have replaceable batterys for the TOY and NVRAM. -- VAXman- A Bored Certified VMS Kernel Mode Hacker VAXman(at)TMESIS(dot)ORG I speak to machines with the voice of humanity.