[time-nuts] Austron 2201 Firmware past Y2K

[Magnus Danielson]

On 05/26/2012 05:09 AM, paul swed wrote:
> Also make sure your batteries are not dead on the CPUs as I recall mine was
> replaced it.

Maybe it's time to backup the EPROMs.

Also, it should not be too hard to extend the life-time by slight 
modification of the software, and there is still people that know the 
68010 good enough for it.

Cheers,
Magnus

>
> On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 11:08 PM, paul swed<paulswedb at gmail.com>  wrote:
>
>> yes you have to get the week right thats why the calculator is useful.
>> Also set the time. May fire the 2201 up tomorrow and can email you the week
>>
>>
>> On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 8:59 PM, Tom Knox<actast at hotmail.com>  wrote:
>>
>>>
>>> Hi Paul;
>>> First, I received the Austron Antenna and it works.
>>> So you are saying that I should setback 1024 weeks to July 16 1992 and
>>> the rec will recognize the almanac?. Now July 17th?
>>> Thanks;
>>> Thomas Knox
>>>
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>>>
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>>>
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>>>
>>>> Date: Fri, 25 May 2012 15:54:57 -0400
>>>> From: paulswedb at gmail.com
>>>> To: time-nuts at febo.com
>>>> Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Austron 2201 Firmware past Y2K
>>>>
>>>> Yepper
>>>> Simply set the date back by rollover time
>>>> there is a gps date converter online that I use to figure it out
>>>> http://csrc.ucsd.edu/scripts/convertDate.cgi?time=1992+07+16
>>>>
>>>> Regards
>>>> Paul
>>>> WB8TSL
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> On Fri, May 25, 2012 at 1:32 PM, Tom Knox<actast at hotmail.com>  wrote:
>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>> Hi;
>>>>> I have finally found a 70MHz IF GPS ant only to find the Austron 2201
>>> is
>>>>> not Y2K complaint. Has anyone found a solution for this problem?  I
>>> have
>>>>> looked at past threads and come up short, but thought I saw this
>>> problem
>>>>> addressed in the past.
>>>>> Thanks;
>>>>> Thomas Knox
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
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