Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!bbn!rochester!cornell!batcomputer!sun!dave
From: dave@sun.soe.clarkson.edu (Dave Goldblatt)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.ibm.pc
Subject: Re: Bulletin Board Software Needed (Now Opus Bug)
Message-ID: <496@sun.soe.clarkson.edu>
Date: 5 Mar 88 18:40:25 GMT
References: <329@nikhefk.UUCP>
Organization: Clarkson University, Potsdam, NY
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From article <329@nikhefk.UUCP>, by keeshu@nikhefk.UUCP (Kees Huyser):
> Create a new event at 23:59. It is not important what the event does, e.g.
> you could run an eXternal event like waste.com or pauze.com to waste a
> minute. Opus *will* recognize an event if it is still on the same day.
> The bogus 23:59 event will force Opus to interprete the Sched.Bbs properly,
> and since the event runs at 23:59 and lasts one minute, Opus will roll
> over to the next day *and* read the Sched.Bbs again. Thus, any events
> running at National Mail Hour will be recognized.

I normally run an event at 23:59, and it still ignored my sched.bbs
file -- sent crashmail round the clock, etc.  If you don't have it,
GET THE PATCH!  You can ftp it from my Opus, grape.ecs.clarkson.edu
in net/obug_103.arc.

> 
> As for where the bug comes from : Opus started this funny behaviour on
> March 1st, the day following Feb. 29, a leap-day. This is probably the
> cause. Wether it is a problem in Opus or in MSC 5.0 I don't know.

According to Wynn Wagner, it is a bug in the MSC 5.0 library.  Not sure
exactly where.

-dg-