[NTLK] Patch 74200 for German MP2100D's

[cg]

Justin, many thanks for the reminder :-) my 2100D with a 20MB Pretec Card has that many packages installed, that I’ve overseen „Fix 2010“; I removed „Fix 2010“ extension as well as „SysPatch“ and it works now as it should.

> Am 12.01.2025 um 19:21 schrieb Justin Pope <jupo42 at gmail.com>:
> 
> 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:
>> 
>> 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...
>> 
>>> Am 12.01.2025 um 18:47 schrieb cg via NewtonTalk <newtontalk at newtontalk.net>:
>>> 
>>> - 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 :-)
>>> 
>>> 
>>>> Am 12.01.2025 um 15:55 schrieb Eckhart Köppen <eck at 40hz.org>:
>>>> 
>>>> 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
>>>> 
>>>> 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 :)
>>>> 
>>>> 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.
>>>> 
>>>> Eckhart