Re: Y2K Prodos or GS/OS Patch

["Mike Westerfield" <MikeW50@aol.com>]

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In article <mfumu-2901001050290001@d11-ps1-mel.alphalink.com.au>,
mfumu@alphalink.com.au (Bill Robbins) wrote:


>>ProDOS is a different story.  I don't know the full story, but I think
>>ProDOS 8 sometimes thinks 00 is either NO DATE or that 00 is
>>before 99.
>
> I believe that the ProDOS 8 problem is not a new one, not specifically
> Y2K. If I remember correctly, it has to be patched every few (about six)
> years to handle dates properly.

ProDOS must be patched every 7 years. There is a utility to do this on the
back of the System 4.0.2 disk, which is the latest ProDOS system disk from
Apple. One place you can get a copy of this disk is
http://www.byteworks.org.

Mike Westerfield
Byte Works, Inc.