[Coco] Y2K fixes ever developed or posted?

[jdaggett at gate.net]

On 14 Dec 2003 at 19:17, Gene Heskett wrote:

> On Sunday 14 December 2003 17:26, Arthur Flexser wrote:
> >On Sun, 14 Dec 2003, Gene Heskett wrote:
> >> Of the ones I played with, the dallas semi and the mm6242, neither
> >> of these clocks can handle the rollover at 99>100.  The dallas semi
> >> used in the B&B XT-RTC did take the rollover, but then failed on
> >> the next minute IIRC, apparently stopping completely.  The mm6242
> >> apparently threw away any effect of the rollover and continued on
> >> its merry way thinking it was now the year 1900.  I don't recall if
> >> I ever published the dallas semi clock in any event as it has
> >> other, far more pressing problems that would prevent its use by me
> >> in any design I would ever have contemplated.
> >
> >The Dallas Semi clock, the SmartWatch, keeps only a 2-digit year,
> > and has no hardware problem with the rollover.  Any particular
> > driver for it may, of course, have software problems.
> >
> >Art
> 
> That may be, but I'm not sure if the dallas semi used in the B&B was a
> "smartwatch".  It was never called that by Chris that I know of.  And
> it did, or at least the one I had, did have problems with the
> rollover.
> 
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The B&B XT RTC I have uses the Dallas DS1215 RTC chip. I have 
not powered it up in over four years now. I should check to see ho 
wit handles Y2K

james
 
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