[NTLK] Did I miss the memo?

[Doctor Clu]

Hi all, chiming in.

     Newton's I've tried this morning:

Newton 2000... displays date fine.

Newton 2100... set to December 28, 1990

AND eMate 300 ... set to December 28, 1990.

     Fun stuff.  Welcome to 2025 all!  (bet you didn't think we'd make 
it this far did you?)

     Doc Clu


On 1/6/25 8:43 AM, Eckhart Köppen wrote:
> 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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