Re: latest ProDOS 8/Basic System ?

["william strutts" <wrstrutts1@home.com>]

"William Katz" <wkatz@nyx.net> wrote in message
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> Hi c.s.a2 again!
>
> Does anyone know what the latest/current versions of ProDOS 8 and ProDOS
> Basic are?
> I have the following info:
> ------
> Apple II
>
> ProDOS 8 V2.0.3    06-May-93
>
>
>     PRODOS BASIC 1.5
> COPYRIGHT APPLE  1983-92
> ------
>
> Are these the 'current' versions? I'm curious about this because I glanced
> over at my Apple //e a few weeks ago and thought it would be fun to use it
> again. I still have to tap the right side of it a few times to boot up, I
> suspect the 8mhz zip chip might have been loose?, but sure enough it comes
> up.

Yup.  They are the last versions released.

> Another reason for this post is due to my AE Serial Pro card. I set the
> correct time/date via in#1, then <tab> to get into the configuration
> screen. I set it to:
> YEAR:  01
>        MONTH:  07
> DAY:  13
>      WEEKDAY:  FRIDAY
> HOUR, MINUTE, SECOND appropriately.
> I load aeclk.system (dated 1992 i think, although on the ClockWorks
> Utility Disk Version 3.2 from AE, the aeclk.system file is dated 1987) but
> if I save a file it is dated 13-JUL-96, instead of 13-JUL-01 I would
> assume?
> Was there ever a y2k patch specifically needed for the AE Serial Pro card?
> Thanks for any help.

Prodos has a date table which needs to be updated every seven years.
You have to download the clock patch to fix the date table so that
it works properly.  It should be on the Tarnover site.  I believe the
file is called "pdosclockup.shk".  If you need it, I can email it to you.

> p.s. I hope I followed proper netiquette. It has been 4+ years I have been
> on usenet, and quite a bit longer than that since I posted a message ;)
> Some of you might remember me though.
>
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