Sometimes we run into real problems restoring old machines. [RedruM69] recently ran into a system with a dead Real Time Clock (RTC ... the battery went dead, the computer was off the network.

Created for his YouTube channel WillsBuilds, every component of this computer was built ... so he went really old school and came up with a clock module that uses a motorized cam and microswitch ...

Often, computer cases also featured a small ... their own timing mechanisms independent of the CPU clock speed. Operating systems like Windows 95 also started handling these compatibility issues ...