[NTLK] Y2010 Fix Idea

Woo vitcitylb at earthlink.net
Sun Jan 31 19:41:11 EST 2010


Hey All,

I didn't find it on their site...
http://standalone.com/newtonos/

but they have/had a pkg called 'KeepTime', I wonder if this could be adjusted to 'make time' fit our current year?

Woo.

-----Original Message-----
>From: Eckhart Koeppen <lists at 40hz.org>
>Sent: Jan 31, 2010 2:10 PM
>To: newtontalk at newtontalk.net
>Subject: Re: [NTLK] Y2010 Fix Idea
>
>
>On 31.01.2010, at 11:39, R A Parker wrote:
>
>> While the Newton is on, if saves the current Date/Time every 60  
>> seconds to a pref's entry.
>>
>> If a reset occurs, and this extension is loaded first, it checks  
>> and compares the Newton's time against the last saved time. If  
>> there is a multi-year difference, it set's the date and time to the  
>> last saved date and time... maybe even add a minute for the loss of  
>> time During reset.
>
>That should definitely work, and I was thinking about adding that  
>workaround to the patches. Fixing the function which is actually  
>causing the time to be reset looks hard, it is called very early in  
>the boot process, and it is not in the patchable area.
>
>Eckhart
>
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