Date   : Thu, 30 Jun 2005 22:45:55 +0100
From   : "BeebMaster" <beebmaster@...>
Subject: Re: Sprow- 'tricking' the MOS on a Master 128

There are various "millennium bug" fixes for the Master available on the internet
but the best method I found is to have a short ROM image which intercepts
OSWORD and then checks for an OSWORD 14 and then overwrites "19"
in the output string with "20".

It's been done by others but I have the source code of my own version
somewhere if anybody needs it.

it's a bit of a waste of a ROM slot because only a short piece of code is
required so it is probably best combined with other utilities in ROM.

Personally I prefer the good old twentieth-century date although the problem
is even worse when it comes to Econet as generally dates after 1996 are not
accepted!

Best wishes,


Ian

----- Original Message -----
From: Raf
To:  <bbc-micro@...>
Sent: Thu, 30 Jun 2005 07:05:02 +0930
Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] Sprow- 'tricking' the MOS on a Master 128

Robert,

Is it possible to simulate a write situation to location &9881 in 
ROM 15, say using the ROM Polling Semaphore?

I wonder if we can get to get the MOS to think that it is holding
&20 there (as BCD) rather than &19. I am hoping that this may
change the century on the Master's clock from 19-- to 20 --

Thanks

Raf



----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Sprow" <info@...>
To: <bbc-micro@...>
Sent: Thursday, June 30, 2005 5:55 AM
Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] Off Topic trader warning


> Hi,
> To keep a happy balance, I've bought and sold things of John K without
> problems, and Raf has bought things off me again without problems. 
> 
> It can however be difficult to judge tone from an email: it's very easy
> write unintentionally aggressive emails.
> 
> Paypal works well, the few % they charge is more than worth the saving in
> shoe leather having to mess about going to the bank/post office with
> cheques, and means I can do next day despatch.
> 
> Let's concentrate our energy on beeb matters,
> Sprow.
> 
> 
>