[NTLK] Y2010 Fix Idea

[Eckhart Koeppen]

On 31.01.2010, at 11:39, R A Parker wrote:

> While the Newton is on, if saves the current Date/Time every 60  
> seconds to a pref's entry.
>
> If a reset occurs, and this extension is loaded first, it checks  
> and compares the Newton's time against the last saved time. If  
> there is a multi-year difference, it set's the date and time to the  
> last saved date and time... maybe even add a minute for the loss of  
> time During reset.

That should definitely work, and I was thinking about adding that  
workaround to the patches. Fixing the function which is actually  
causing the time to be reset looks hard, it is called very early in  
the boot process, and it is not in the patchable area.

Eckhart