From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.4 (2020-01-24) on inbox.vuxu.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-0.3 required=5.0 tests=DKIM_ADSP_CUSTOM_MED, DKIM_INVALID,DKIM_SIGNED,FREEMAIL_FORGED_FROMDOMAIN,FREEMAIL_FROM, HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI,T_SCC_BODY_TEXT_LINE autolearn=ham autolearn_force=no version=3.4.4 Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (minnie.tuhs.org [50.116.15.146]) by inbox.vuxu.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 461592300C for ; Mon, 26 Feb 2024 18:35:18 +0100 (CET) Received: from minnie.tuhs.org (localhost [IPv6:::1]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id DB9CC4111F; Tue, 27 Feb 2024 03:35:15 +1000 (AEST) Received: from mail-pj1-x1029.google.com (mail-pj1-x1029.google.com [IPv6:2607:f8b0:4864:20::1029]) by minnie.tuhs.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id D3135410F6 for ; Tue, 27 Feb 2024 03:35:09 +1000 (AEST) Received: by mail-pj1-x1029.google.com with SMTP id 98e67ed59e1d1-29ad73b4686so453495a91.0 for ; Mon, 26 Feb 2024 09:35:09 -0800 (PST) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20230601; t=1708968908; x=1709573708; darn=tuhs.org; h=to:subject:message-id:date:from:mime-version:from:to:cc:subject :date:message-id:reply-to; bh=UclCITYWd/GtGMNCNrLRjEevYrNLTr6rDk2DbH93b2Y=; b=gUSeNsBneH2LhWEhHaTD3p8Az+o8xF6mHpFwobZJl3X9WFEjOcdREQOwhtTAYaURRb qDqSlP8KzJtZeaVTbtHOH0dhr3F1t8C7JYTMfxlhcrr3DRwZQvkGqR0fGKLr0xXN/1jH EntcHLb8E1Fva/U1SrfeEUpay4fAd/0N9hzXMNMPKVUY96pbqtlniY/eLtfYOGyI/TXF HCWe4/JW+1N6v/7dxvaddC/Bxy6mDFmQmMhA1mD05oa7iudyJi/AzyqsIfV+bSm5NxR7 HBx8KBnFe1sfB9YcE5izg1jtonLR7CIpMDugBS9l44qi20Wqz8LDZ4Fg2UF1LyMqsI8G 2qIg== X-Google-DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=1e100.net; s=20230601; t=1708968908; x=1709573708; h=to:subject:message-id:date:from:mime-version:x-gm-message-state :from:to:cc:subject:date:message-id:reply-to; bh=UclCITYWd/GtGMNCNrLRjEevYrNLTr6rDk2DbH93b2Y=; b=qOCAdHsQ++mlYol+nEhcQ3/yuoXUOC3u3upnB4eTZ3yXosOgcF88wzy0qx3gQPe2H7 PTWKh054W9LTanQv5sM8w5Nbave9bexyH+RpAzxH32a4g2ONMJgy1kzIYahgNzBsigFS EfTIsXlQcqVPcUnY2hJrz1ZKS2uIkukItE3yA4Ox49ZcIrDxQerVUEaVN5tetE2yUQWi 3T7kHGoiXyPP7gByE2YfNdJXA3Jh24QckMEgavLLvvFtF+YQWLd1Aj77Xum2ERrKMtGg wPtg7MI/IUanEzBq7UUaQii7b+vy9gU2/jBUzZcewFpLtpYoeDlY6ijYCnCB0A+YyW84 dbaw== X-Gm-Message-State: AOJu0YxzdZRF6EqPyI9lcQgN7JuZzSdxDpae7o8tVbOMUQKpEuDk/Uqq c9n5aQMyueo5TQ5csrx9UYdfbgionvKDl56ZHD5heoPa5B9KeWAJYRvCi3HKkudrzb8FvHQruS7 pGTGbTqfinIPynz+Ov+LrSD/V19qCQU61 X-Google-Smtp-Source: AGHT+IEDydKHMAXw3zwVqv9OYOA74ON32fM++XEU21jHglUSQTRfY/Io9agSzkE1IngwY/mAHk2kG7FcNrecxiZzWwQ= X-Received: by 2002:a17:90b:3683:b0:29a:ccaf:dbb2 with SMTP id mj3-20020a17090b368300b0029accafdbb2mr2088687pjb.38.1708968908394; Mon, 26 Feb 2024 09:35:08 -0800 (PST) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 2002:a05:6a10:f2d4:b0:537:c6ac:629a with HTTP; Mon, 26 Feb 2024 09:35:08 -0800 (PST) From: Paul Winalski Date: Mon, 26 Feb 2024 12:35:08 -0500 Message-ID: To: Computer Old Farts Followers Content-Type: text/plain; charset="UTF-8" Message-ID-Hash: ZMQYDRYU5MHAIVWMBPIXUCYSMZYUUCBX X-Message-ID-Hash: ZMQYDRYU5MHAIVWMBPIXUCYSMZYUUCBX X-MailFrom: paul.winalski@gmail.com X-Mailman-Rule-Misses: dmarc-mitigation; no-senders; approved; emergency; loop; banned-address; member-moderation; nonmember-moderation; administrivia; implicit-dest; max-recipients; max-size; news-moderation; no-subject; digests; suspicious-header X-Mailman-Version: 3.3.6b1 Precedence: list Subject: [COFF] DECmate-II and WPS-8 List-Id: Computer Old Farts Forum Archived-At: List-Archive: List-Help: List-Owner: List-Post: List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: A friend of mine has a DECmate-II word processor. It is in perfect working order except for one thing. The field encoding the current date/time has overflowed. It is impossible to set a date/time in the 21st century. He says that the software in question is a version of WPS-8 for the PDP-8. It should be possible to fix the date/time problem by dumping the DECmate's ROM and disassembling the code. It ought not be too hard to locate the date/time encode/decode routine and come up with a fix to the time epoch problem. Is anyone out there familiar with the DECmate-II software? Or, even better, knows how to get its source code? Advice greatly appreciated. -Paul W.