[NTLK] Y2010 Fix Idea

[Tony Douglas]

Hi,

Isn't there a risk of some kind of bitrot with the internal flash memory if you write to it that often ? I have a vague memory of discussions on the list of keeping often written areas on replaceable Flash cards that could be thrown away, rather than on internal memory that can't. (I'm on a v.slow 3G connection just now so not searching just at the moment - but the discussion wasn't that long ago - tail end of last year I think).

Grant's suggestion of using (probably) NTP to sort out the clock is an elegant solution ... if your Newt is network enabled, that is :)

- Tony

PS. Just obtained a Huawei E5830 mobile wifi/broadband gadget - gonna try it with the Newton once I've reconfigured it to use WEP rather than WPA - should be a chuckle to have mobile 3G on a Newt ;) Will post with info of how I get on (or indeed *if* I get on, IYSWIM !)






-----Original Message-----
From: Eckhart Koeppen <lists at 40hz.org>
To: newtontalk at newtontalk.net
Sent: Sun, Jan 31, 2010 7:10 pm
Subject: Re: [NTLK] Y2010 Fix Idea



n 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  
orkaround to the patches. Fixing the function which is actually  
ausing the time to be reset looks hard, it is called very early in  
he boot process, and it is not in the patchable area.
Eckhart
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