Verify RTC

starting this now because I wanted to get the sim improvements into main first and clear out the mrs.

changed milestone to %Initial Kernel

assigned to @bslathi19

added Simulation label

created branch 49-verify-rtc to address this issue

mentioned in merge request !45 (merged)

I guess this also becomes "integrate the RTC" as well...

added Functionality label

mentioned in commit e55564c9

closed with merge request !45 (merged)