Re: Clock Patch

[Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com>]

Howard Poe <hojopo@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Saturday, March 9, 2013 7:16:27 PM UTC-8, Hugh Hood wrote:
>> Robert,
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>> Like the other guys here, I'm just throwing out possibilities hoping one
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>> Here's mine:
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>> You mentioned this:
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>>> When I crated my IIe (2.0.3) I did a great job.
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>> The patch program you referenced, though,
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>>> http://www.techtalkz.com/apple/435946-prodos-patch.html
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>> has version checks for only ProDOS 1.9 and ProDOS 2.0.
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>> Is there a chance the program is aborting not due to the Volume name issue,
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>> but instead because it is detecting ProDOS 2.0.3 on your hard drive?
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>> If so, I would use instead the patch program from the last official ProDOS 8
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>> system disk. It will patch the date table in ProDOS 8 2.0.3.
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>> Hugh Hood
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> It patched ProDOS 8 2.0.3 on my //e just fine with the linked program,
> using the slot identifier to ID the ProDOS to be patched.  I type S71, as
> it filled in the , and D automatically.
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> Note:  When it successfully patches, it seems to just return to the
> prompt asking for the ProDOS location.  I confirmed that it did patch
> ProDOS and the date is now correct, showing 2013 instead of 1996.

Excellent point!  If the program simply clears the "/x" and leaves you at
the "->" prompt, then it has done its job. No indication of correct
completion is provided. (I guess they tested on floppies, and the drive
activity provided sufficient indication of activity--with a hard drive, it
would be quietly done in a blink of its activity light!)

-michael - NadaNet 3.1 and AppleCrate II: http://home.comcast.net/~mjmahon