Re: Clock Patch

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

Robert Boucher <boucher1@alumni.texas.net> wrote:
> In article 
> <476416023384547776.884977mjmahon-aol.com@news.giganews.com>,
>  Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:
> 
>> Robert Boucher <boucher1@alumni.texas.net> wrote:
>>> In article <61d0056b-b94a-473e-b6bc-d30acaa7e7ac@googlegroups.com>,
>>>  BLuRry <brendan.robert@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> 
>>>> I can help you out.  There is a simple patch you can perform on prodos.sys 
>>>> to 
>>>> hard code the year instead of reading it from the thunder clock. Do you 
>>>> think 
>>>> this apply to your case?
>>>> 
>>>> -Brendan
>>> 
>>> I have a Timemaster clock card which determines the year and it is 
>>> correct. I have a BASIC software program that updates the years table in 
>>> AppeWorks. However, this program is so old the instructions are for 
>>> disks. I cannot get it to allow me to input the volume name for my hard 
>>> drive.
>> 
>> Take a look at the BASIC program. 
>> 
>> It will be clear how to change the pathname to PRODOS.SYSTEM so that it can
>> access it. 
>> 
>> (If that isn't your cup of tea, post the program and someone here will
>> change it.)
>> 
>> -michael - NadaNet 3.1 and AppleCrate II: http://home.comcast.net/~mjmahon
> 
> It has been a long time since I tried BASIC, but will give it a go. I 
> got the program at
> 
> http://www.techtalkz.com/apple/435946-prodos-patch.html
> 
> line 2045 is where I am getting stuck.

It looks like this program is already set up to deal with any kind of boot
volume. 

You should type in only the volume name, without a leading "/".  What
exactly do you type in and what is the error message?

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