Re: Minor cosmetic Y2K bug in ProTERM

[Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>]

Matt Ackeret writes ...
> 
> I just realized, ProTERM says "<No Date>" on the status line, and will this
> entire year.  I just played with the year, and it works right for 99, and
> for 01 (it only shows 2 digits for the year)..
> 
> Does a GS give 0 as the year if the battery dies?  I dunno, my battery
> has not yet died.
> 
> Ohwell, just thought someone else might be interested.  I sure wish they'd
> write new modem drivers to prevent any possibility of losing text.  Even at
> 56K, I _rarely_ lose text, but it happens more often under screen since it
> buffers output and sends it in big batches.  (Even without screen, many
> short lines of text very fast can cause characters to be lost once in a
> while too.)
 ....

     If you are sending text via a direct connection to an older PC, the
problem may be on the PC end.



Rubywand