[NTLK] Did I miss the memo?

[Eckhart Köppen]

Alright, time to join in the fun :) I was already wondering why my MP2100 ran out of batteries the day before, seems it’s due to the same bug, and it has come back with the year set to 1990 as well.

Based on what Matthias has reported, this seems to be a different bug than the original Y2010 bug. That one was a NewtonScript problem, but this one seems to be rooted deeper in the OS. Which would make it harder to fix :(

Eckhart

> On 6. Jan 2025, at 16.25, Aaron H <online at atomiciguana.com> wrote:
> 
> Setting the date on my Newton to today's date now results in the date reverting to 1990 - but no freeze/crash.
> 
> I will just set it to 1997 for now as the dates line up with 2025. But...weird.
> 
> Aaron.
> 
>> On Jan 5, 2025, at 10:40 AM, Grant Hutchinson via NewtonTalk <newtontalk at newtontalk.net> wrote:
>> 
>> I left my patched MP2100 without power overnight in order to drain the supercapacitor* and it booted this morning.
>> 
>> The date on the device was June 27, 2030!
>> 
>> That year was a bit of a surprise ... and it seems to be running fine.
>> 
>> g.
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