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  • OS-9 68K setime Y2K issue

    From Michael Evenson@21:1/5 to All on Tue Dec 10 11:49:13 2019
    Well, the serial mouse I ordered for my CDS68K (PT68K-5) finally arrived and is working great. Now that I can actually use the system, I have discovered that the setime utility will not accept 2019 as a year. Is there a patch available to setime to get
    past the Y2K problem with this OS?

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  • From Ralf Kiefer@21:1/5 to Michael Evenson on Tue Dec 10 23:45:28 2019
    Michael Evenson wrote:

    Now that I can actually use the system, I have discovered that the setime
    utility will not accept 2019 as a year. Is there a patch available to
    setime to get past the Y2K problem with this OS?

    Which version of the OS-9 is yours?

    V2.3: no chance
    V2.4: you must update some parts of your system, the version which is
    y2k compatible will be 2.4.5
    v3.0: no problem with y2k

    Regards
    Ralf

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  • From allenhuffman@gmail.com@21:1/5 to Ralf Kiefer on Tue Dec 10 17:10:50 2019
    On Tuesday, December 10, 2019 at 4:45:29 PM UTC-6, Ralf Kiefer wrote:
    Michael Evenson wrote:

    Now that I can actually use the system, I have discovered that the setime
    utility will not accept 2019 as a year. Is there a patch available to >setime to get past the Y2K problem with this OS?

    Which version of the OS-9 is yours?

    V2.3: no chance
    V2.4: you must update some parts of your system, the version which is
    y2k compatible will be 2.4.5
    v3.0: no problem with y2k

    2.4.5? I thought the 2.9 release was specifically for Y2K? (It was given that number so it would be the "final" release to the 2.4 series. I was working for Microware at the time.)

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  • From Ralf Kiefer@21:1/5 to allenhuffman@gmail.com on Wed Dec 11 02:45:22 2019
    <allenhuffman@gmail.com> wrote:

    2.4.5? I thought the 2.9 release was specifically for Y2K? (It was given
    that number so it would be the "final" release to the 2.4 series. I was >working for Microware at the time.)

    I think you're right from your position. I got the modules for updating
    the 2.4 release from Dr. Keil in West Germany, and I remember a 2.4.5
    release. I never got a 2.9 release for our Eltec E6 and Motorola
    MVME167.

    Probably I just got the necessary modules (rbf, setime, free, the rtc
    driver, ...) and did an increment to the last release number before.

    Regards
    Ralf

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  • From Michael Evenson@21:1/5 to Ralf Kiefer on Wed Dec 11 04:36:08 2019
    On Tuesday, December 10, 2019 at 8:45:24 PM UTC-5, Ralf Kiefer wrote:
    ???????? wrote:

    2.4.5? I thought the 2.9 release was specifically for Y2K? (It was given
    that number so it would be the "final" release to the 2.4 series. I was >working for Microware at the time.)

    I think you're right from your position. I got the modules for updating
    the 2.4 release from Dr. Keil in West Germany, and I remember a 2.4.5 release. I never got a 2.9 release for our Eltec E6 and Motorola
    MVME167.

    Probably I just got the necessary modules (rbf, setime, free, the rtc
    driver, ...) and did an increment to the last release number before.

    Regards
    Ralf

    Thank you gentlemen. It appears that I do indeed have Version 2.4. Do you have any idea how one would go about getting the updates? In the meantime I will see if I can locate the necessary files to update the version that I have.

    Regards,
    Mike

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  • From Ralf Kiefer@21:1/5 to Michael Evenson on Fri Dec 13 17:09:10 2019
    Michael Evenson wrote:

    Do you have any idea how one would go about getting the updates? In the meantime I will see if I can locate the necessary files to update the
    version that I have.

    20 years ago the general advice was to ask your seller or the
    manufacturer of your hardware for an update. Or Microware.

    If you want to patch the rbf and use another setime look here: ftp://www.wb5qng.org/OS9/OSK/DRIVERS/y2kit.tgz

    If there is an issue with the clock driver ... ?
    Write your own driver based on clean Microware code or based on
    disassembled code. Or find another owner who got running code.

    Regards
    Ralf

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