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From: lewisd@homxc.UUCP (David Lewis)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.tandy
Subject: Re: Newdos80 date failure
Summary: PDP-8's had the same problem
Message-ID: <2769@homxc.UUCP>
Date: 11 Jan 88 22:47:33 GMT
References: <5397@eecae.UUCP> <193300040@trsvax>
Organization: AT&T Bell Laboratories, Red Hill Site, NJ
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In article <193300040@trsvax>, uhclem@trsvax.UUCP writes:
> 
> /*Written 5:30 pm Jan 3, 1988 by eecae.UUCP!conklin*/
> /* ---------- "Re: Newdos80 date failure" ---------- */
> >Thanks to several who sent mail regarding this situation.
> >LDOS is the culprit. Being curious, I went through and tested MultiDOS,
> >DOS+ and of corse, Newdos, and all work just fine. 
> 
> The date problem stems from the original Model I DOS'es that only set aside 3
> bits in directory entries for the year (0-7).  
One of my professors found that Digital had made the same mistake -- for
the years 1970-1977.  He printed something out on January 1, 1978, that
had a date of January 1, 1970.  So much for planned obsolescence.

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David B. Lewis    {ihnp4,allegra,ulysses,rutgers!mtune}!homxc!lewisd
201-615-5306 EST