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   Message 4,834 of 5,684   
   Bill Plenge to Christopher Noyes   
   Re: Lost Date and Time Prompts   
   09 Mar 08 15:25:10   
   
   From: B_Plenge@NoSpam.com   
      
   Christopher Noyes wrote:   
   > Richard VanHouten wrote:   
   >> Bill Plenge wrote:   
   >>> Richard VanHouten wrote:   
   >>>> Frank Durda IV wrote:   
   >>>>> Tom Lake  wrote:   
   >>>>>> I have a DSK file for TRSDOS 6.2 which had an AUTO command to   
   >>>>>> run a date setting program.   
   >>>>>> I removed the AUTO but TRSDOS still doesn't ask me for the date   
   >>>>>> and time as the original did.   
   >>>>>> How can I modify the image to work as TRSDOS originally did, or   
   >>>>>> can someone email me a DSK image of an unaltered TRSDOS 6.2 (AR)   
   >>>>>> ?   
   >>>>>   
   >>>>> Sounds like you just need a SYSTEM (DATE=YES) command.  DATE=NO   
   >>>>> would disable the boot up prompting when the date wasn't known.   
   >>>>>   
   >>>> Note that (as I'm sure Frank knows, and you may be aware) that   
   >>>> TRSDOS 6.2 won't accept a date past (if I remember right) 1987.   
   >>>   
   >>> If I recall correctly that was the case, L-Dos 6.2 addressed that   
   >>> raising the bar and accepts date up to 2000 or was it 2010?   
   >>>   
   >> I believe it was LS-DOS 6.3 that allowed up to 2000, and 6.3.1   
   >> allowed up to 2011.   
   >   
   >    LS-DOS 6.3.1J accepts dates up to 2031.   
      
   Cool, I had no idea the "lifespan" of the OS has been extended that far.   
      
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