[time-nuts] Austron 2201 Firmware past Y2K

[paul swed]

As they say the 2201 is locked and phasing its internal oscillator.
Its really quite a piece of equipment especially considering its vintage.
Regards
Paul.

On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 11:39 AM, paul swed <paulswedb at gmail.com> wrote:

> Todays austron 2201 date is oct 10th 1992
> Save you some trouble
> Regards
> Paul
> WB8TSL
>
>
> On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 11:31 AM, paul swed <paulswedb at gmail.com> wrote:
>
>> Hello to the group did that quite a while ago they are on the KO4BB
>> website.
>> Memory is a terrible thing to forget
>> Regards
>> Paul
>>
>>
>> On Sat, May 26, 2012 at 3:44 AM, Magnus Danielson <
>> magnus at rubidium.dyndns.org> wrote:
>>
>>> 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
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Ascent Concepts and Technology
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 4475 Whitney Place
>>>>>> Boulder Colorado 80305
>>>>>>
>>>>>> 1-303-554-0307
>>>>>>
>>>>>>  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<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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