On 02/08/2016 06:55 AM, Maciej W. Rozycki wrote:
As a matter of interest I've checked the MC146818
datasheet and it
claims a 50?A current draw in the usual configuration with a 32768Hz
oscillator.
Yup. And things have only gotten better with time. I suspect that you
could power the '818 RTC with a few slices of potato and scavenged wire
for several months.
--Chuck