Re: [NTLK] [ANN] Patch 71J059 - Year 2010 Fix

Eckhart and others,

I am ecstatic that you seem to have solved the very troublesome date
range on the 2100.

The use I make of my machine is a little different than most and thus
before installing the patch, I would like to be sure that tests have
been done that cover my usage. I consider my data too valuable (to me,
but not likely to many others -- after all this is as personal a
computer as one can get) to lose or damage.

Edgar Rice Burroughs is an American author that I collect. His first
published works start about 1911, but there are some pieces from
before this as well. I have built up a data base in the Notes
application using the SuperNotes extension, and in particular the
extension that allows one to change the creation date of the note. By
doing so, I have created a note for each of his published works, each
dated at the time of publication. Thus my notes are dated from 1905
and on up to current times. A couple of thousand notes is stored this
way.

Also, I use the Names application to store Genealogical data with
links between the records using HyperNames from the Action package
with viewing using SuperNames. I am assuming that there is no problem
using these tools.

Both of the Super packages (SuperNotes and SuperNames) allow the use
of tags and the creation of filters based on the tags. The filters are
used like folders, except that one can define the set of tags being
searched for, and then displayed as lists, or individually. The
displaying of these lists is also dependent on dates. Have these been
tested?

The testing on your patch that I have heard about is mainly to do with
the future and present. Can anyone verify that dates as far back as
those that I use, are unaffected by the patch?

I need
- to be able to create new notes with these strange dates as more
information becomes available.
- to use the standard list view to get the overview of these notes and
navigate through them
- to use the search function to produce overviews of a few of these
notes at a time (no date searches required)
- to modify the content of these notes at will, regardless of the date.
- to change the creation date of these notes at will (using the
SuperNotes extension)
- and of course to be able to all of these above functions after 2010,
as well as now
- to access filtered lists while in SuperNotes of all the possible
dates from 1905 to whenever

My computer is an updated 2000 to 2100, using NOS 2.1

Doug Denby

On 23-May-09, at 8:06 AM, Eckhart Köppen wrote:

> Hi,
>
> I just uploaded patch 71J059 to http://40hz.org/ and SourceForge:
>
> <http://40hz.org/Pages/Patch%2071J059>
> <https//sourceforge.net/project/showfiles.php?
> group_id=88078&package_id=310251&release_id=684563>
>
> This patch fixes the Y2010 problem for the US MessagePad 2100. German
> and eMate versions are still in the making. The patch is based on the
> 717260 patch and includes the contents of that patch.
>
> NOTE: THIS PATCH IS PROVIDED WITHOUT WARRANTY. DUE TO THE COMPLEX
> NATURE OF SYSTEM PATCHES, FAILURE TO INSTALL PROPERLY MAY RENDER THE
> NEWTON UNUSABLE, RECOVERY REQUIRES A TEMPORARY ROM BOARD SWAP, AND
> WILL RESULT IN THE LOSS OF ALL DATA ON THE NEWTON! IF YOU RUN INTO
> PROBLEMS, CONTACT support@40hz.org IMMEDIATELY!
>
> Even though the patch will not erase any data, a backup or moving
> data to memory card prior to applying the patch is strongly
> recommended.
>
> If all this seems to be too risky, it is important to know that
> bricked Newtons can be recovered, and the patch has been tested by a
> number of people already. I will probably try to correct the problems
> with Avi's original, less sensitive Fix2010 patch later on as a
> fallback solution.
>
> Many thanks go to Tony Kan, Don Zahniser, Ronnie Simon, William
> Ponciengel, Sonny Hung, Rhonda, Greg Goodwin, Stefan Hassenstein and
> Grant Hutchinson for testing, and to all of you who have donated via
> PayPal!
>
> Eckhart
>
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