[NTLK] Patch 74200 for German MP2100D's

[Justin Pope]

I think you mentioned you had Avi’s fix2010 extension on this one? If so that’s probably trying to double-up the rom-patched time skip, pushing it further in the future every boot?


> On Jan 12, 2025, at 10:54 AM, cg via NewtonTalk <newtontalk at newtontalk.net> wrote:
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> Rebooted with all extensions off, then it showed 1.1.2024, could set date/time to today, remained. So that could be an extension that causes this weird behaviour...
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>> Am 12.01.2025 um 18:47 schrieb cg via NewtonTalk <newtontalk at newtontalk.net>:
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>> - Patched successfully
>> - Cleaned alarms
>> - Date after patching 1.1.2024
>> - Set date/time to today, but then after closing clock setting date/time to 12.1.25 18:32 date changed to 7th july 2056 (!) 
>> - Tryied to re-set time back, it switched to 2086 (!) an newton froze
>> - Pressing reset on the back, reboot, clock shows 31.12.2102 :-)
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>>> Am 12.01.2025 um 15:55 schrieb Eckhart Köppen <eck at 40hz.org>:
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>>> Next round, this time for the German MP2100Ds: Again for the brave, you can download the patch here: https://40hz.org/downloads/Patch-742000.zip
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>>> This should fix the Y2010 now with a new safe time from 2024 onwards. Unfortunately this patch does not have Paul’s fix to keep the time across reboots, that’s for another time :)
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>>> As with patch 712000, there’s the risk of bricking the Newton with the only fix being a ROM board swap which will wipe all data. So unless you feel comfortable doing that, it’s probably better to wait until others have reported success.
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