--- clock-1.1/clock-alpha.c.fix	Thu Oct  1 02:58:19 1998
+++ clock-1.1/clock-alpha.c	Thu Oct  1 03:03:34 1998
@@ -153,7 +153,10 @@
 /* Here the information for time adjustments is kept. */
 #define ADJPATH "/etc/adjtime"
 
-
+/* for BCD formart clock maintenance */
+#define BCD_TO_BIN(val) ((val)=((val)&15) + ((val)>>4)*10)
+#define BIN_TO_BCD(val) ((val)=(((val)/10)<<4) + (val)%10)
+    
 /* used for debugging the code. */
 #undef KEEP_OFF
 
@@ -170,6 +173,7 @@
 int universal = 0;
 int debug = 0;
 int arcit = 0;
+int bcdit = 0;
 int clockport = 0x70;
 const char *pgm_name;
 
@@ -299,14 +303,28 @@
   save_freq_select = cmos_read (10);       /* stop and reset prescaler */
   cmos_write (10, (save_freq_select | clockport));
 
+  if (arcit) /* Alpha ARC console */
+      tm->tm_year -= 80;
+  
+  if (!(cmos_read (11) & 0x04) || bcdit) {
+#if 0
+      printf("writing CMOS time in BCD format!\n");
+#endif
+      BIN_TO_BCD(tm->tm_sec);
+      BIN_TO_BCD(tm->tm_min);
+      BIN_TO_BCD(tm->tm_hour);
+      BIN_TO_BCD(tm->tm_wday);
+      BIN_TO_BCD(tm->tm_mday);
+      BIN_TO_BCD(tm->tm_mon);
+      BIN_TO_BCD(tm->tm_year);
+  }
+  
   cmos_write (0, tm->tm_sec);
   cmos_write (2, tm->tm_min);
   cmos_write (4, tm->tm_hour);
   cmos_write (6, tm->tm_wday + 3);
   cmos_write (7, tm->tm_mday);
   cmos_write (8, tm->tm_mon + 1);
-  if (arcit) /* Alpha ARC console */
-    tm->tm_year -= 80;
   cmos_write (9, tm->tm_year);
 
   cmos_write (10, save_freq_select);
@@ -435,7 +453,11 @@
 /* Wait for rise.... (may take upto 1 second) */
 
       for (i = 0; i < 10000000; i++)	
-	if (cmos_read (10) & 0x80)
+#ifdef __alpha__
+	  if (cmos_read (12) & 0x10)
+#else /* __alpha__ */
+	      if (cmos_read (10) & 0x80)
+#endif /* __alpha__ */
 	  break;
 
 /* Wait for fall.... (must try at least 2.228 ms) */
@@ -457,6 +479,20 @@
 	  tm.tm_year = cmos_read (9);
 	}
       while (tm.tm_sec != cmos_read (0));
+
+      if (!(cmos_read (11) & 0x04) || bcdit) {
+#if 0
+	  printf("reading CMOS time in BCD format!\n");
+#endif
+	  BCD_TO_BIN(tm.tm_sec);
+	  BCD_TO_BIN(tm.tm_min);
+	  BCD_TO_BIN(tm.tm_hour);
+	  BCD_TO_BIN(tm.tm_wday);
+	  BCD_TO_BIN(tm.tm_mday);
+	  BCD_TO_BIN(tm.tm_mon);
+	  BCD_TO_BIN(tm.tm_year);
+      }
+      
       if (arcit) { /* Alpha ARC console */
 	tm.tm_year += 80;
       } else {