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  • NEWBIE: ENTERING RSTS DATE

    From John Bennett@21:1/5 to All on Sat Nov 18 21:57:49 2023
    Hi all
    I had a lot of experience with RSTS up to V9 many moons ago.
    I just succeeded in booting 9.3 on a Mac using simh.
    The first question it asks is:
    Enter today's date as DAY-MONTH-YEAR (e.g., 7-SEP-85)
    but it doesn't accept a date in that format.
    Help please, and be gentle.
    What is the correct date format, and can it accept 21st century dates?

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  • From John Bennett@21:1/5 to John Bennett on Sat Nov 18 22:11:13 2023
    On Sunday, 19 November 2023 at 16:27:50 UTC+10:30, John Bennett wrote:
    Hi all
    I had a lot of experience with RSTS up to V9 many moons ago.
    I just succeeded in booting 9.3 on a Mac using simh.
    The first question it asks is:
    Enter today's date as DAY-MONTH-YEAR (e.g., 7-SEP-85)
    but it doesn't accept a date in that format.
    Help please, and be gentle.
    What is the correct date format, and can it accept 21st century dates?
    PS the disk I booted was boot_stock_rl02.dsk

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  • From bill@21:1/5 to John Bennett on Sun Nov 19 10:08:17 2023
    On 11/19/2023 1:11 AM, John Bennett wrote:
    On Sunday, 19 November 2023 at 16:27:50 UTC+10:30, John Bennett wrote:
    Hi all
    I had a lot of experience with RSTS up to V9 many moons ago.
    I just succeeded in booting 9.3 on a Mac using simh.
    The first question it asks is:
    Enter today's date as DAY-MONTH-YEAR (e.g., 7-SEP-85)
    but it doesn't accept a date in that format.
    Help please, and be gentle.
    What is the correct date format, and can it accept 21st century dates?
    PS the disk I booted was boot_stock_rl02.dsk

    V9 does not handle Y2K dates.

    bill

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  • From John Bennett@21:1/5 to John Bennett on Tue Nov 21 00:20:32 2023
    On Sunday, 19 November 2023 at 16:27:50 UTC+10:30, John Bennett wrote:
    Hi all
    I had a lot of experience with RSTS up to V9 many moons ago.
    I just succeeded in booting 9.3 on a Mac using simh.
    The first question it asks is:
    Enter today's date as DAY-MONTH-YEAR (e.g., 7-SEP-85)
    but it doesn't accept a date in that format.
    Help please, and be gentle.
    What is the correct date format

    So I got the answer it can't do 21st C dates.

    I'd still like an answer on why 9.3 won't accept a date in the suggested format please.

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  • From bill@21:1/5 to John Bennett on Tue Nov 21 12:32:43 2023
    On 11/21/2023 3:20 AM, John Bennett wrote:
    On Sunday, 19 November 2023 at 16:27:50 UTC+10:30, John Bennett wrote:
    Hi all
    I had a lot of experience with RSTS up to V9 many moons ago.
    I just succeeded in booting 9.3 on a Mac using simh.
    The first question it asks is:
    Enter today's date as DAY-MONTH-YEAR (e.g., 7-SEP-85)
    but it doesn't accept a date in that format.
    Help please, and be gentle.
    What is the correct date format

    So I got the answer it can't do 21st C dates.

    I'd still like an answer on why 9.3 won't accept a date in the suggested format please.

    What date are you typing in? It won't take any date outside
    it's range of valid dates and will just keep prompting.

    bill

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  • From John Bennett@21:1/5 to All on Fri Nov 24 03:11:17 2023
    So I got the answer it can't do 21st C dates.

    I'd still like an answer on why 9.3 won't accept a date in the suggested format please.
    What date are you typing in? It won't take any date outside
    it's range of valid dates and will just keep prompting.

    bill
    I typed a variety of dates, including the example offered 7-SEP-85
    John

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