Date   : Fri, 17 Feb 2006 20:34:44 +0000 (GMT)
From   : Sprow <info@...>
Subject: Re: BBC Master real-time clock

Hi,

[snip]

> My problem is about the RTC in the master. It seems to work
> eratically, sometimes when the computer has been switched off the
> month field and minutes get corrupted. So for example now, "*TIME"
> gives "Fri,17 =A5=D5=A9=AA 2017.18:66:11". (=A5=D5=A9=AA being ASCII codes
232 and 224).

See
  http://www.sprow.co.uk/bbc/doctor.htm
for a description of what causes this.

> I have installed Andrew Benham's Y2K patch but the problem was also
> there before I did so (it'd just show 1917 instead).

Gah, you want Doomsday instead,
Sprow.