Re: Y2K Prodos or GS/OS Patch

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a2mg@aol.comNomail (TEXAS II - AppleWorks) wrote:

>Well, yes there are: ProSel 8 and 16, and AppleWorks 5.1. To many people,
those
>are the two programs which they use most. Both sort a directory by date,
>chronological and reverse chron. ProSel even writes the re-sorted directory to
>disk, a top feature of this program. AppleWorks doesn't, but the feature is
>useful for loading the newest files to the desktop. Neither program uses the
>39/40 routine that Dave suggested in Tech note 28. I don't know if it was ever
>considered.
>
>The programs that reject 00 as invalid and display [No date] are easy to fix.
>We have updated versions of Sneeze, Shrinkit 3.4, Change-A-File, and others.
So
>if anyone sees [No date], they should point it out so we can fix it.
>
>I am not advocating the 00 to 127 ProDos, I just wish it was given more
>consideration along the way.

jcountry@seidata.com writes that the Mastery Development network
software used in the school where he teaches at is also broken by
Y2K because the software thinks 00 is before 99 causing the backup
function not to work.  They can't get backups so their students are
sitting on a time-bomb if the hard drive crashes.  He is still looking for
a solution.