[NTLK] NewtonTalk Digest, Vol 88, Issue 13

Bill Molloy bill.molloy at gmail.com
Mon Apr 12 14:25:26 PDT 2021


I'm running 2.0 (525314)-0 just as your two MP130s are.
BTW, I'd have had no idea how to find what version I'm running without the
most excellent Newton FAQ!

Bill

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> Date: Mon, 12 Apr 2021 12:18:19 -0600
> From: Grant Hutchinson <grant at splorp.com>
> To: NewtonTalk List <newtontalk at newtontalk.net>
> Subject: Re: [NTLK] MP130 Date probs
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> > On Apr 12, 2021, at 10:27 AM, Bill Molloy <bill.molloy at gmail.com> wrote:
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> > I have a newly reconditioned MP130 (hearty thanks to NewtonTalk member
> Tony
> > Velasco!!) that comes up with a date of March 14, 1996.
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> > Is this the dreaded Year 2010 bug?
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> Sounds like it. However, there is another ?experimental? fix for devices
> running Newton OS 2.0, like the MP120 and 130.
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> Avi Drissman?s Fix2010
> http://www.drissman.com/avi/newton/Fix2010/
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> Out of curiosity, what version of NOS does your MP130 have installed?
> Oddly enough, I just tested a two MP130s both running 2.0 (525314) and the
> date resets to November 1, 1995 not March 14, 1996.
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> g.
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