Re: Timemaster II card

[Robert Boucher <boucher1@alumni.texas.net>]

In article <E4ydnTEv465W_U_YnZ2dnUVZ_qmpnZ2d@comcast.com>,
 "Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:

> Robert Boucher wrote:
> > Yesterday my Timemaster was time stamping all files correctly. During 
> > this group's discussion on setting the year, I pulled the card out of my 
> > IIe. I accidently put it back in slot 3, booted, realized my mistake, 
> > shut the computer  down and moved the card to slot 4. This morning 
> > Appleworks and Copy II+ are showing the date as 01/13/04.
> 
> It may just be a bad battery.  Does it keep time properly
> while the Apple is off?  For a few days?  For a few weeks?

The battery was replaced several months ago. The clock keeps the correct 
time when the computer is off.
> 
> > I reset the 
> > time on the card but get the same  results. It's been awhile, but in 
> > setting the day, isn't Sunday day 0?
> 
> No reasonable setting program should require you to know what
> number corresponds to what day of the week!  Just try the possible
> alternatives until you see the correct year, then scratch it
> indelibly into the circuit board for next time.  ;-)
I am using the program that came with the clock card. I guess AE should 
have consulted with you before they issued the program. Anyway you enter 
the day (0-6), the month, the date, the year, the hour and the minute 
and hit the return key at 0 seconds.  

The strange thing it was working fine yesterday. (Monday).  When I now 
set the clock to last Sunday (or any date, i.e., 12/31/99) Appleworks 
and Copy II+ show the year as 04. I copied some 07 files into a 99 
database and the date sorts correctly.

> 
> -michael
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