[NTLK] MP130 Date probs

[Dan]

On 4/12/2021 2:18 PM, Grant Hutchinson wrote:
>> On Apr 12, 2021, at 10:27 AM, Bill Molloy <bill.molloy at gmail.com> wrote:
>>
>> I have a newly reconditioned MP130 (hearty thanks to NewtonTalk member Tony
>> Velasco!!) that comes up with a date of March 14, 1996.
>>
>> Is this the dreaded Year 2010 bug?
> 
> Sounds like it. However, there is another “experimental” fix for devices running Newton OS 2.0, like the MP120 and 130.
> 
> Avi Drissman’s Fix2010
> http://www.drissman.com/avi/newton/Fix2010/
> 
> 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.
> 
> g.
> 
I have used Avi Drissmean's fix on my 130 and 120's.  So far, haven't had a problem.  By the way, to my knowledge, I thought all 130's are 2.0?  Early 120's were 1.3, and later models 2.0.  But I suppose someone could replace the ROM board at some point giving a 130 a 1.3 downgrade.

-Dan