[NTLK] [ANN] Patch 71J059 - Year 2010 Fix

[Mike Rodgers]

I'll admit it is a bit of a hassle to change from 2008 to 2010 but just 
a bit.  I have to change the date and delete the new note that get's 
created for Jan1,2008.  It takes a couple of minutes.  I'd have to call 
it a baby bug.  That's the only problem I see and I only see it after a 
reset.  Those usually occur when I forget to have it plugged in when I 
change out the battery. 

So IMHO, I'd say, Not bad, not bad at all.
Mike

Dennis B. Swaney wrote:
> James Wages wrote:
>   
>> I posted a detailed report to this list in Dec. 2009 about how I
>> successfully applied the Y2010 patch to my Newton:
>>
>> http://lists.newtontalk.net/pipermail/newtontalk/2009-December/000552.html
>>
>> After patching I tested it (that was then 2009) and upon reset I was pleased
>> to find that my Date/Time were still intact.
>>
>> Today was the first time I restarted my Newton since then.  I was shocked to
>> see my Newton report Jan. 1, 2008 at 9:00PM upon reboot!  Today is January
>> 31, 2010 (and I did it at 10:25AM).  So clearly this patch is not doing its
>> job after all.  It is doing something though, obviously, since the date
>> doesn't get set back to the mid-1990s like before.  But still, when I
>> restart my Newton, I expect that my date and time will be maintained, and I
>> had high hopes that the new patch would do that.
>>
>> I restarted several times, and my date/time always gets reset to Jan. 1,
>> 2008 at 9:00PM.
>>
>> I searched the patch page and I see this is in fact a bug mentioned toward
>> the bottom:
>> http://40hz.org/Pages/Patch%2071J059
>>
>> What a miserable bug this is too.  I was so overjoyed this past December
>> that the patch had eliminated that headache for me, and now I am back to
>> square one.  
>>
>> Since the bug hasn't been fixed yet, I am going to assume it never will be.
>> In such a case, is this bug going to plague me all this year and then vanish
>> from next year?  If so, I have something to look forward to.  If no, then I
>> need to reach for my blood pressure medication again.
>>
>>