okay, last dreamcast question for now, hopefully. is it normal that i have to set the date and time every time i start up the system, or is that a sign that the rtc has a dead battery or something
why would you even solder a cmos battery directly into your thing anyway. it's like they didn't want their console to be usable at all after five years
@typhlosion that was the norm for the longest time, many IBM PC-compatibles as well as early Macs had these terrible rechargeable lithium batteries (not the same chemistry as modern li-ion i don't think) for holding the cmos memory, and they would eventually leak after years in storage and the corrosive electrolyte wreaks havoc on the motherboard they're soldered onto
countless old computers have succumbed to the cmos plague
-F
