
  SETT2K.PRG, SETTI20.PRG and SETTI22.PRG 

3 small programs for date, time set with Atari ST 
computers, in 21-st Century (at year 2000).
TOS, usual SW from past is not ready for it.

SETT2K.PRG sets small resident code what survives
reset to set date, time at TOS start, as it was
set with this util. TOS normally writes year
of it's creation if can not read valid year
from IKBD or RTC chip (if present). 

And because of bug in TOS, what makes that year
span is only 20 years (1980-1999) with IKBD chip,
that's the case at not Mega Ataris. Or dead battery.

This 3 programs make possible that filesystem and TOS
have correct data, so time stamps of files will be
writte correctly. And SW what reads time via GEMDOS
(trap #1 function) can read correct data. What means
not for sure that will display it correctly - usually
code is not ready for years after 1999.

SETTI20.PRG do not install resident code, but writes
corrected value in IKBD chip. Good for period
2000-2019.

SETTI22.PRG do not install resident code, but writes
corrected value in IKBD chip. Good for period
2020-2039.

Yeah, with regular TOS that's is what is possible
only 20 years covered with 1 patch like PRG.

iTOS by me - like 1.04i, 1.62i has fixed IKBD date functions,
so will be OK with year, even when IKBD chip is used as RTC one -
possible with added battery and simple circuit.


  PP, 2008-2021
