n Sun, 15 Feb 1998, Justin R. Smith wrote:

> I'm running NetBSD 1.3 on a Performa 475 (with a 68040) and the clock never
> seems to be properly set (in fact I always get a message saying the the
> PRAM time was no properly read at boot). This is a minor annoyance, but
> does anyone have a suggestion?

I used to get that message on bootup, about every 3 out of 4 times on my
Performa 630 (+040). It never actually affected the time-keeping.
NetBSD 1.3B, and now C, get it right every time. You might try switching
to current, or perhaps simply download a newer kernel.