[NTLK] Did I miss the memo? Trying things out.

[Doctor Clu]

So ... what joy awaits in 2040?


On 1/6/25 10:04 AM, Eckhart Köppen wrote:
> Looks like a clean overflow, the difference is awfully close to 1073741823 seconds which is 0x40000000 in hex. That’s 30 bits, exactly what a NewtonScript integer can handle. If we’re lucky, this is again “just" a NewtonScript related issue. The NewtonOS problems start in 2040 :)
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> Eckhart
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>> On 6. Jan 2025, at 17.38, Doctor Clu via NewtonTalk <newtontalk at newtontalk.net> wrote:
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>> Trying a few things out.
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>> So we set it to 2025, it gives us 1990.
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>> Set to 2026, it gives us 1991.
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>> Set to 2057, it gives us 2022.
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>> Consistent 35 year difference.  <---
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>> 2059... 2024.
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>> 2060... 1991.  :)
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>> 2125... 2022
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>> 2127... 2024
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>> 2128... 1991.  LOL
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>> Newton currently really hates 2025.
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>> By the way, interesting story: earlier I said my Newton 2000 displayed a date of January 6, 2025, which it did.  Restarted Newton, which comes up to to 2008 by default.  I went to set the date which IN THE SETUP said January 6, 2025.  Set the time, which was wrong however, and then it set to December 28, 1990.
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>> Keep it green all!  - Doc Clu
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