Re: Mastery Development software broken by Y2K?

[Phoenyx <quazar@dcnet2000.com>]

Jack Countryman wrote:
> 
> Update...
> 
> I've been able to get one of our two systems running by replacing the
> older ProDos 8 file on their program with the P8 file (renamed to
> ProDos) from the GS/OS 6.01 system disk.
> 
> This gets the file server working again, and the workstation IIE can
> once again access and run software from the server.

Great! I think that was a suggestion I made in e-mail.

> The thing that still doesn't work is the 'backup' feature on the server
> software that would save the scores/progress of each student using the
> system.  It seems that it records the date of the last backup and
> compares it to the new date.  That part of the software is still not
> liking the 2000 date, or perhaps it only reads the last two digits (its
> proprietary software, and Mastery Development won't tell me where/how
> this is done....they have announced they are dropping support on the
> system all together).

Unfortunately, Prodos only stores the last 2 digits. Under Prodos,
the only approved method of retrieving said date was with a MLI
call. If this program was written before Apple supplied it's
standard it can't tell the files are newer.

I suggest trying to change the dates on the last backup and see
if that helps.

> We can probably live without that feature...even if students end up
> having to re-do parts of the drills.
> 
> The second system still isn't working...I can't boot it from my system
> disk to access/replace the ProDos on that one because we can't get  a
> mouse to work on that IIGS.  Now we're looking for a different cpu to
> use for that system as we suspect the current one has hardware problems
> on the adb circuits....

What type of GS, or rather ROM version. If you can even get started and
it hangs, try going to the control panel and turn off the mouse. You
might
also try booting a P8 disk. It may also be the keyboard.

Phoenyx