[Coco] Y2k bug

[John Donaldson]

Gene,
   Point Chester to the NITROS9 site and have him download the 6809 
version. It
contains clock drivers that have the Y2K bug fix and will run 200% 
faster than the
stock OS9 LII.

John Donaldson


Gene Heskett wrote:

>On Monday 06 March 2006 08:27, Chester A Patterson wrote:
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>>What is RTSI?
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>IIRC, its <http://os9archive.rtsi.com> or something like that.
>I have some clock modules there too, but all for special clocks, like 
>the disto 4n1.
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>>-----Original Message-----
>>From: Gene Heskett [mailto:gene.heskett at verizon.net]
>>Sent: Saturday, March 04, 2006 1:53 PM
>>To: CoCoList for Color Computer Enthusiasts
>>Subject: Re: [Coco] Y2k bug
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>>On Saturday 04 March 2006 14:27, Chester Patterson wrote:
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>>>12 or 13 years without firing up the old rig.
>>>Just did.
>>>OS9 Level 2 - How do I fix the date?
>>>It's hard coded for 19xx.
>>>I suppose the easiest is to change the "19" to "20"
>>>Which module? What offset?
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>>Depending on what clock module hardware you might be using, there are
>>some fixed clocks available on rtsi. I think theres a fixed one for
>>the software clock too.  That will probably also contain the bootlist
>>order bug fixes too IIRC.  That was in ed9 of the clocks from Eddie
>>Kuhns, and the y2k fixes should have built on that.
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